Not when the nearest apple store is 250 kilometers (about 155 miles) away.
Warm regards,
Brandt Steenkamp
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Neat precis, Cheree. I have an IPod Touch and love it, but I may be getting the
downstream generation of IPad at some point. I really love the thought that I
can go into an Apple store, press command-f5 on any desktop, and invoke
Voiceover. I have to keep from rubbing my hands together in glee i
Cheree Heppe here:
Eeks. That's a bit of a distance.
No trains, buses? Or a sighted I-device fanatic who will drive there?
If you thought it safe, you could advertise for a driver on craigslist.
Regards,
Cheree Heppe
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On 12/03/2011, at 0:06, "brandt" wrote:
> Not when t
Hi,
Let me put this to you frankly, me and Audacity aren't friends at all.:-) I
don't at all like the way Audacity works, but since everyone have a personal
taste i could always either learn the beast, which i'm about to sorta do or use
another program. The thing i wanted to ask here are 2 quest
Hi,
I'm not sure if their is more recent accessible version out there. But to
select a piece of audio like in the example you gave, you can use the left and
right brackets. Press the left bracket at the beginning and the right at the
end of the part you want to select.
hth
Ricardo Walker
rw
No trains I'd feel safe on and no apple fans I know of in my small South
African backwater town.
Warm regards,
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I've been ogling these darlings for a while now. Told myself I couldn't justify
the expense, thought I might wait for their capacity to expand, etc etc, but
now, even that is taking a backseat to my simply wanting it for productivity. I
use my iPhone for nearly everything, and it's now my only i
Sure, but then your fellow adventurer would never have known about voiceover
and how he could use it to listen to books with Ibooks. You gave something
back for the convenience of having him turn on voiceover, so you could say that
having to ask a sighted person sparked a valuable dialog which
That's very true Erik. I can't tell you how many times my merely being able to
use an iPhone has begun great conversations with genuinely interesting, and
curious people. It's a fabulous feeling to know you've educated someone yeah?
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On Mar 12, 2011,
How do I get to the previously used recipients table? This is something I have
never been able to figure out but know it has great uses!
Marlaina
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Hello. I tried this but ITunes opened in safe mode.
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Hi
Hello everyone. I have two questions. Does anyone know how to remove a
project from XCode? Also, I have XCode 3 installed and want to download and
install XCode 4 from the app store. Do I have to remove xcode 3 first before
installing xcode 4? Finally, I'm having problems registering as a developer
Hi Marlaina,
You wrote:
> How do I get to the previously used recipients table? This is something I
> have never been able to figure out but know it has great uses!
The "Previous Recipients" window opens up when you select this option under the
"Window" menu on Mail's menu bar. In mail, navig
Hi,
1, control f2,
2, w for window,
3, arrow down to find Previous recipients,
4, press Return or Enter.
hth
js
On Mar 12, 2011, at 7:44 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote:
How do I get to the previously used recipients table? This is something I have
never been able to figure out but know it has gre
Interesting report on the IPad 2. You said you have a bluetooth earbud, not an
over the ear type? I'm interested in something that covers just one ear and is
not an in the ear canal type deal, as I don't want my ear totally closed off to
the outside environment. Also assuming your earbud also ha
Hi all,
I fear this may be a bit of a stupid question, as I've done this before, but
can't remember how! :P
I need to convert a large number of AVI files into M4V, so I can play them on
my iPod / iPhone.
Any ideas?
Cheers,
Take care,
Chris Norman
Email and MSN: chris.norm...@googlemail.com
S
There was a brief thread about using mail in terminal with sendmail for use
as a local mail server.
What if anything was the conclusion reached?
I'm naive in the ways of email except as a user of existing services.
What needs to be done step by step if you please?
Well, I have to say, that was more like an artical than a post LOL,
but after sailing through your graphic, if not relevant account, you
can turn on VoiceOver with iTunes when you get your own iPad, so,
unless you plan to be one of them people who just goes into Apple
stores, and plays round with t
Hiya all,
I'm joining this discussion a little late, so sorry if all this has
already been said.
I just spent a couple of seconds looking at it, and it seems this post
is right, you can't do much useful with it, apart from one thing.
If you find the entry you want (could possibly select multiple
Cheree Heppe here:
I couldn't tell about the actual volume of the IPad 2 speaker. There were too
many celebrating Apple fans to hear the native speaker well. In the next few
days, a real test should be possible.
My Plantronics Voyager Pro is one, not two, like earphones and its ear listener
I coppied my Itunes library recently, fron an external hard drive to
my internal. For some reason, it said that some data in "Itunes"
couldn't coppied for some reason or an other.
If this happens, go to your termian (either in utilities, or through
spotlight), and type something like the following
There was no conclusion.
One reason is that the focus of this discussion isn't really clear.
Are you wanting to send and read email from inside a terminal, or do
you want to set up your own mail server?
Running your own email server is doable, but has lots of gotchas and
a willingness to gain an
Paul,
Was your external connected directly or via a network connection?
Later...
On 2011-03-12, at 5:52 AM, Paul Hunt wrote:
> Hello. I tried this but ITunes opened in safe mode.
>
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegrou
Hi,
I would use mpeg Streamclip for this. It does batch conversions and is quite
accessible.
Later...
On 2011-03-12, at 7:52 AM, Chris Norman wrote:
> Hi all,
> I fear this may be a bit of a stupid question, as I've done this before, but
> can't remember how! :P
>
> I need to convert a larg
Cheree Heppe here:
So very true. And he may see blind people differently and so-called
"accessibility" features more globally now.
At the very least, he is launched into the IPad user environment with a lot
more confidence. It amazed me how just that one little excursion jump-started
this gu
Cheree Heppe here:
The IPad 2 I experimented with had Pages and Numbers loaded on.
If I knew enough about using either app, I might be able to say that if the
IPad can do word processing and the numbers things enough like a computer, it
would become my computer.
I can envision an IPad X as pow
Hi, I recently started using handbreak to rip my collection of dvds onto my
computer, but I've noticed that for some reason, when I rip movies with
handbreak, the volume of the audio is really quiet. Does anyone have a
solution for this?
Thanks, Matthew
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Go for it!
You can always find reasons not to do something. If you can affoard it without
going in to debt, then get it. Apple has financing available too.
On Mar 12, 2011, at 6:19 AM, ShamelessFanGirl wrote:
> I've been ogling these darlings for a while now. Told myself I couldn't
> justify the
Unfortunatly, we don't have financing available from apple in South Africa,
in fact, the only thing I hate about apple is that they only except cash or
a bank transfer, no credit card, no check, nothing. So either take the risk
and go to the store with 5500 rand for an iPad 16 gig 3g wiFi model,
Hi Matthew,
I've been ripping a large number of DVD's with Hand break over the past few
weeks. Most of them are TV documentary series and I haven't noticed any marked
difference in volume between the original DVD and the end result. I'm ripping
them primarily for use on my second gen Apple TV
Hey there Shameless:
Consider yourself pushed (ok encouraged to be nice about it.:)
I have a one, and Cheree's post made me want another. Now that's disgusting!:)
As for Brandt, I'd say it's well worth finding someone to go the extra
kilometer to play in an apple store. I almost have a chair in
Hello Paul - I can't speak to the first questions, but with regard to your
trouble registering as an Apple Developer I have a couple of thoughts. Can you
be more specific about where on the form you are having trouble? I know it used
to be difficult to register as a Developer because several of
I use a little program called adapter. It does many things. I love the thing.
On 2011-03-12, at 8:52 AM, Chris Norman wrote:
> Hi all,
> I fear this may be a bit of a stupid question, as I've done this before, but
> can't remember how! :P
>
> I need to convert a large number of AVI files into M
Hey there
Adapter can, in adition, convert avi to mp3, wma, wav, etc, as well as various
other video formats.
I use it because I only need one program to convert pretty much anything. Did I
mention it can grab flash videos off a website?
It's also free!
thanks. Just my thoughts
Tyler
On 2011-
Hmm, this is just a suggestion, but what about best buy?
I know, I know. That probably sounds bad - though my partner was able to buy a
mac at a place called microcenter in the US for $100 cheapter than in the apple
store.
The apple store couldn't match him when he took the flyer there, but bes
When I registered as a developer a couple months ago, I tried physically
clicking the continue button, but that didn't help. The only way I found to
move to the next screen was to disable VO and have someone select it for me.
Hope they fix this eventually.
Geoff
On Mar 12, 2011, at 4:00 PM, Br
Hi all,
I am still wandering in Microsoft World here, so is there a way I
could get this $5 XCode program and write my own apps? I don't have
the money to be a developer, but I would love to be able to put a few
things on my own iPod Touch. Or is that not what this program is for?
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Hey everyone,
Thanks for your encouraging responses, and for more-or-less confirming what I
was already intending to do. I'll have an opportunity to visit my local Apple
store within the next few weeks, and sadly, those folks all know who I am, but
god it's such a fabulous way to spend an after
One solution is to press ctrl option command shift space bar twice rapidly and
it will physically click on the button. Make sure though that the mouse pointer
follows the vo cursor and sometimes, you interact with the button to make sure
its there.
Best
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Cheree Heppe here:
If it were me, I'd get the IPad 2 plus the 15 inch MacBook pro. Both are
portable and you get all that power with none of the bulk.
Regards,
Cheree Heppe
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On 12/03/2011, at 15:18, ShamelessFanGirl wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> Thanks for your encouragin
What's the link to download, and is it accessible?
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Subject: Re: Converting video files
Hey t
Hi,
Can someone tell me the purpose of the iPad? It just looks like an iPhone with
a bigger screen, except ou can't call or text. Why is it useful for us blind
people?
Thanks,
Brandon
On Mar 12, 2011, at 6:29 PM, Cheree wrote:
> Cheree Heppe here:
>
> If it were me, I'd get the IPad 2 plus t
I think the IPad 2 is probably faster due in part to the faster
processor than in the IPhone 4 and my guess is we will see that
processor in the IPhone 5??
On 3/12/11, Cheree wrote:
> Cheree Heppe here:
>
> If it were me, I'd get the IPad 2 plus the 15 inch MacBook pro. Both are
> portable and y
Hi Fangirl,
You wrote,
"Part of what excites me about Apple is the fun I have learning my way around a
new device/system."
>
>
and I find that very poignant because 4 years ago I was fed up and planning to
sell all my computers and the collection of parts I'd amassed over the years,
find som
Hello Everyone,
VoiceOver decided to go back to it's default settings. I'm not exactly
sure how it did that.
Can someone please remind me how I could have it not echo every letter
as I type? How can I prevent these settings from going back to the
defaults?
In Mail, when sending large messages, how
To turn typing echo off, go to settings, general, accessibility, Voiceover, and
typing feedback. Adjust your typing echo here for hardware and software
keyboards accordingly.
Hth,
Rose
On Mar 12, 2011, at 6:46 PM, Ezzy Bueno wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> VoiceOver decided to go back to it's def
Hi:
Go for the MBP. Latest bench marks show it surpassing the iMac in regards to
processor power.
On Mar 12, 2011, at 5:18 PM, ShamelessFanGirl wrote:
> Hey everyone,
>
> Thanks for your encouraging responses, and for more-or-less confirming what I
> was already intending to do. I'll have an op
Thank you for the links to the Garage band podcasts.
I will begin listening to them at once.
Mark
On Mar 11, 2011, at 4:02 AM, Ricardo Walker wrote:
> Hi Mark,
>
> Sorry I've taken so long to respond to this message. Here goes the links to
> the Getting started with garageband audio tutorial
Yes it is accessible, if you mean I can use voiceover with it. :)
Download link. Hmm. Fairly sure I found it at
http://www.macupdate.com
I was looking through audio converters.
If all in doubt, though, adapter for mac will get you to the website pronto.
Hope that helps
On 2011-03-12, at 5:31 P
Wait, that thing is a 2.7? Wow.
I gotr the mid 2010 15 inch macbook pro with the 2.66 ghz core i7.
I can't wait for you to get that thing because I want to know battery life.
This thing will outlive me, and it's my first mac. I jumped ship and spent
$2000, and haven't looked back since. My net
Macbook pro. Smaller, but the same amount of power.
Seriously for what the average person uses it for, a duel core would be
sufficient. Not that I'm complaining or anything, since I got the core i7 and
it surely does come in handy. Battery life is a bit less than I'd hoped, but
what am I expect
The 13 inch core I7 2.7 ghz macbook is reported to have a 7 hour battery life
as opposed to the 10 hour life of the legacy 2.66 ghz core 2 duo it replaced.
I'm hoping to extend that somewhat with a solid state drive but that will all
depend on whether they will upgrade my legacy notebook which
The 13 inch is what I have, and the battery lasts about 8-9 hours. It is
perfect because I use it for taking notes in class.
Brandon
On Mar 12, 2011, at 9:08 PM, Tyler wood wrote:
> Wait, that thing is a 2.7? Wow.
>
> I gotr the mid 2010 15 inch macbook pro with the 2.66 ghz core i7.
>
> I c
Hi list:
In using Carbon Copy Cloner, I notice a check box which I cannot account for.
After I select source and target, there is a check box which seems to have the
text, "this volume will be bootable". When I check it, I get an alert dialog
saying the same thing. However, I have done a backu
Even though VoiceOver sees this as being a checkbox, it doesn't appear as a
checkbox to sighted users. It's an icon that is sort of a help icon. When one
clicks on this help icon, it simply explains that the volume will be bootable.
It does seem kind of redundant since CCC already indicates that
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