Saving as m3u

2021-06-21 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! I can not save m3u files in textedit. Not on my MacBook with Big Sur. It tells me I have to save it as a .rtf or .rtf.m3u. So can I save it as .rtf and then rename it maybe? /A -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions o

RE: Xcode accessibility and best MacBook for coding?

2021-06-21 Thread lists
Hi Yuma, Excellent. I'll check out that podcast for sure. It's my first time developing an app and whilst I have some experience via way of a Dip in IT, I'm looking to upskill. That Diploma was heavy on Windows and did not touch on apple at all. I really appreciate the insight from you and

RE: This Week's ClubHouse TownHall Wrap-up

2021-06-21 Thread marco.curr
Hello everyone, Welcome to this bonus Blind Tech Guys episode, featuring all that went on at the latest ClubHouse TownHall. We trust you will enjoy this episode. As always, we thank you for your support and for being a part of the community. On this week's first bonus episode, Marco sat

Re: Mac app for playing internet radio feeds

2021-06-21 Thread dan d.
Perhaps not what you had in mind, the software for the amazon alexa smart speakers is available free on macs and operates entirely by voice. It has access to web stations am/fm domestically and around the globe. By voice you mention the call sign, frequency or station name to start playing a s

Re: Mac app for playing internet radio feeds

2021-06-21 Thread Herbie Allen
No. Once the station starts playing, I paste that link into a text file and give it the m3u extention. Did not know Alexa is available for Mac. Herbie > On Jun 21, 2021, at 01:18, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > I need to learn how to do this as there are several stations that are hard > to play o

Re: Saving as m3u

2021-06-21 Thread Herbie Allen
Change the file to text before saving. You do this with Control Command T. You can then save the file as any extention including m3u Herbie > On Jun 21, 2021, at 03:12, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > I can not save m3u files in textedit. > Not on my MacBook with Big Sur. > It tells me I ha

Re: Mac app for playing internet radio feeds

2021-06-21 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! But don’t you need the Alexa device then? If not then I will download that. /A > 21 juni 2021 kl. 15:28 skrev dan d. : > > > Perhaps not what you had in mind, the software for the amazon alexa smart > speakers is available free on macs and operates entirely by voice. > It has access to web

Re: Mac app for playing internet radio feeds

2021-06-21 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Does not work for the Swedish radio since they have a crapy embedded player. /A > 21 juni 2021 kl. 16:03 skrev Herbie Allen : > > No. Once the station starts playing, I paste that link into a text file and > give it the m3u extention. Did not know Alexa is available for Mac. > > > Herbie >

Re: Mac app for playing internet radio feeds

2021-06-21 Thread Herbie Allen
The apps should work without amy device. Amazon is open source like that. That’s too bad about the Sweedish radio station. > On Jun 21, 2021, at 12:10, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > But don’t you need the Alexa device then? > If not then I will download that. > /A > >> 21 juni 2021 kl. 15:

Re: Mac app for playing internet radio feeds

2021-06-21 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Its all about accessibility. The player works like a charm but I want Vlc player instead. SO I guess I have to dig behind the embedded player. I could do that in windows with replay radio or some other app but I haven’t found any such resource for the Mac but I will try. /A > 21 juni 2021 kl

Re: Mac app for playing internet radio feeds

2021-06-21 Thread Herbie Allen
What’s the link to the station? I might be able to figure something out. No promises. > On Jun 21, 2021, at 12:44, Anders Holmberg wrote: > > Hi! > Its all about accessibility. > The player works like a charm but I want Vlc player instead. > SO I guess I have to dig behind the embedded player.

Alexa on Mac.

2021-06-21 Thread Herbie Allen
Someone mentioned you can use Alexa on the mac. So far, I have not found an easy way of doing this other than the browser. I lookied in the app store and I see some thrid-party utilities that cost. Therefore, if you use Alexa on the Mac, how do you access her? -- The following information is i

Re: Alexa on Mac.

2021-06-21 Thread 'Matthew Dierckens' via MacVisionaries
Hi Herbie there is an app called Reverb. I believe it was free. If not it's like $1.99. > God bless. > Matthew Dierckens, > Certified assistive technology specialist > Macintosh, iOS, and windows Trainer > On Jun 21, 2021, at 14:30, Herbie Allen wrote: > > Someone mentioned you can use Alexa

Cron job

2021-06-21 Thread Nebojsa Tasic
Hi All! Could you tell me how to create a cron job on Mac to run a PHP script using MAMP? Thanks in advance. -- 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 m

Re: Alexa on Mac.

2021-06-21 Thread Herbie Allen
I do not find this app on the Mac App store nor am I finding any results with general searches. > On Jun 21, 2021, at 13:43, 'Matthew Dierckens' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hi Herbie there is an app called Reverb. I believe it was free. If not it's > like $1.99. > >> God bless. >> Matthe

Re: Mac app for playing internet radio feeds

2021-06-21 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! Its a program on demand but I dig the link up and send it tomorrow. /A > 21 juni 2021 kl. 19:58 skrev Herbie Allen : > > What’s the link to the station? I might be able to figure something out. No > promises. > >> On Jun 21, 2021, at 12:44, Anders Holmberg wrote: >> >> Hi! >> Its all abo

Re: Mac app for playing internet radio feeds

2021-06-21 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
On 21/6/21 9:28 am, dan d. wrote: Perhaps not what you had in mind, the software for the amazon alexa smart speakers is available free on macs and operates entirely by voice. It has access to web stations am/fm domestically and around the globe. By voice you mention the call sign, frequency o

Re: Cron job

2021-06-21 Thread 'Jason White' via MacVisionaries
On 21/6/21 3:51 pm, Nebojsa Tasic wrote: Hi All! Could you tell me how to create a cron job on Mac to run a PHP script using MAMP? Are you sure this is what you want to do? The crontab manual page says that the functionality of Cron has been superseded in Mac OS by launchd. The same, inci

Re: Mac app for playing internet radio feeds

2021-06-21 Thread Lorie McCloud
do you find this in the mac app store or somewhere on the Amazon site? > On Jun 21, 2021, at 8:28 AM, dan d. wrote: > > > Perhaps not what you had in mind, the software for the amazon alexa smart > speakers is available free on macs and operates entirely by voice. > It has access to web statio

Re: Mac app for playing internet radio feeds

2021-06-21 Thread Herbie Allen
Tunein is its own website. One problem I have had with playing streams in Safari though is no volume control. > On Jun 21, 2021, at 19:44, Lorie McCloud wrote: > > do you find this in the mac app store or somewhere on the Amazon site? > >> On Jun 21, 2021, at 8:28 AM, dan d. wrote: >> >> >

Re: Mac app for playing internet radio feeds

2021-06-21 Thread Lorie McCloud
I was asking about the Amazon echo software but maybe you were talking about this in relation to tune-in. I have tune-in on my phone and of course on my echo device but not on my Mac. > On Jun 21, 2021, at 8:02 PM, Herbie Allen wrote: > > Tunein is its own website. One problem I have had with

Re: Mac app for playing internet radio feeds

2021-06-21 Thread joseph hodge
Tune an actually has a desktop client where you can do command up and down and it will raise and lower the volume. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 21, 2021, at 9:02 PM, Herbie Allen wrote: > > Tunein is its own website. One problem I have had with playing streams in > Safari though is no volume

Re: Cron job

2021-06-21 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
most mentions of this package indicate its use as the base of wordppess running on a Mac. Cron used to be used to regularly run a process at the same time on an hourly, daily or weekly process. If you are indeed installing Wordpress, you wouldn't want to use cron even if it was still stuppo

mac os big sur: how to get rid of the "insertion on word between a and b" information

2021-06-21 Thread Yuma Decaux
Hi All, I'm trying to copy snippets of code while in group mode on a web page, and this "insertion between object a and b" type completely useless information is just ruining my copy last sentence to clipboard command. Can anyone tell me what I need to do to get rid of it? Thanks -- The fol

Re: Cron job

2021-06-21 Thread Nebojsa Tasic
It is my task for the job application. I need just to try it. On 22.6.2021. 03:33, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: most mentions of this package indicate its use as the base of wordppess running on a Mac. Cron used to be used to regularly run a process at the same time on an hourly, daily or

Re: mac os big sur: how to get rid of the "insertion on word between a and b" information

2021-06-21 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi Yuma, Have you set the verbosity to Low? As well, expand the Additional Options thing and set things like “Text” to low as well. Not sure if it will do the job for you but could make a difference. I’ve heard that sort of thing in text fields, but don’t recall hearing it on the web. Could

Re: Mac app for playing internet radio feeds

2021-06-21 Thread Frank Ventura
I didn’t see this in the Mac app store. Where can I get it? Frank Ventura > On Jun 21, 2021, at 9:28 AM, dan d. wrote: > > > Perhaps not what you had in mind, the software for the amazon alexa smart > speakers is available free on macs and operates entirely by voice. > It has access to web sta