Messages In This Digest (25 Messages)
- 1a.
- Re: Hate Meeces to Pieces! From: Ian Gillis
- 1b.
- Re: Hate Meeces to Pieces! From: Jim Hamm
- 2a.
- Re: address book From: Forrest Leedy
- 2b.
- Re: address book From: Doug Yelmen
- 2c.
- Re: address book From: Oneal Neumann
- 2d.
- Re: address book From: Forrest Leedy
- 3a.
- Re: Mac Mail autocomplete From: Jim McGarvie
- 3b.
- Re: Mac Mail autocomplete From: Otto Nikolaus
- 3c.
- Re: Mac Mail autocomplete From: Jim McGarvie
- 3d.
- Re: Mac Mail autocomplete From: Otto Nikolaus
- 3e.
- Re: Mac Mail autocomplete From: Jim McGarvie
- 4a.
- Re: address book question From: Otto Nikolaus
- 5a.
- Re: iTunes Media Library From: Otto Nikolaus
- 6a.
- Re: DVD Player scam/sham From: Oneal Neumann
- 6b.
- Re: DVD Player scam/sham From: Harry Flaxman
- 6c.
- Re: DVD Player scam/sham From: Oneal Neumann
- 6d.
- Re: DVD Player scam/sham From: Harry Flaxman
- 6e.
- Re: DVD Player scam/sham From: Oneal Neumann
- 6f.
- Re: DVD Player scam/sham From: Harry Flaxman
- 6g.
- Re: DVD Player scam/sham From: Oneal Neumann
- 6h.
- Re: DVD Player scam/sham From: Harry Flaxman
- 6i.
- Re: Handbrake help From: Oneal Neumann
- 6j.
- Re: DVD Player scam/sham From: Keith Whaley
- 7.
- Re: Finder spelling From: Oneal Neumann
- 8.
- Re: laptop-screen ontime From: Oneal Neumann
Messages
- 1a.
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Re: Hate Meeces to Pieces!
Posted by: "Ian Gillis" tessel.bas@gmail.com ianjgillis
Tue Jan 3, 2012 5:31 am (PST)
On 30 December 2011 16:02, James C. Hamm <machamm@gmail.com > wrote:
> If all these tips fail, here is a video on how to take the mouse apart, clean it, and out it back together....JC
>
> http://www.veoh.com/watch/ v378809PrA5a3pg? h1=How+to+ clean+an+ Apple+Mighty+ Mouse+-+Take- apart+guide
James,
All the tips did fail and I used the video you suggested as a guide.
Cracking open the glued case isn't easy but a little gentle persuasion
with a screwdriver and a Stanley knife succeeded in the end.
As I suspected the Y-plane pinions were wrapped solidly with very fine
cat hair - the stuff from the layer nearest the cat which is fine
enough to float in air currents.
I've uploaded a photo of one of the offending pinions at
http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/macsupport central/photos/ album/705212464/ pic/402349270/ view
(http://yhoo.it/vsm7yq if the link wraps). The lines on the paper
background are at 5 mm spacing, so you can see that the part is quite
small.
I re-glued the bezel to the mouse body with a couple of blobs of hot
glue as I'm bound to have to repeat the exercise.
The video you recommended is also on YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Jet7488UoSE
The mouse now works well, so thank you.
regards,
Ian
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- 1b.
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Re: Hate Meeces to Pieces!
Posted by: "Jim Hamm" machamm@gmail.com jimhamm90
Tue Jan 3, 2012 5:42 am (PST)
Ian, congratulations. I'm glad it worked out for you. I don't think I
could have done that--I'm too much of a klutz.....Jim
- 2a.
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Re: address book
Posted by: "Forrest Leedy" f.leedy@comcast.net forrkazu
Tue Jan 3, 2012 6:09 am (PST)
Same here, can not figure out what is so difficult about Lion�s address book.
Forrest
On Jan 2, 2012, at 6:28 PM, Jim Showalter wrote:
> Well, it hasn't been difficult for me.
>
> On Jan 2, 2012, at 3:01 PM, Denver Dan wrote:
>
>> Howdy.
>>
>> I also think the Lion Address Book is awkward, difficult to use,
>> difficult to figure out, and a major step backwards. It always takes
>> me longer now in Lion to figure out how to use it.
>>
>> I've already given Apple some negative feedback on Lion Address Book.
>>
>> They're probably tired of hearing from me.
>>
>> Here's the feedback URL for Apple products.
>>
>> <http://www.apple.com/feedback/ >
>>
>> Give 'em a piece of your mind on something that is less functional and
>> a step backwards.
>>
>> Denver Dan
>>
>>
>> On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:16:01 -0500, Pat K. wrote:
>>> I just got a new macbook pro, which has Lion. I am having the biggest
>>> problem with the address book, and really prefer the functionality of
>>> the Snow Leopard address book.
>>> Is there a way for me to configure this to look like the old address
>>> book? It just took me about 5 minutes to add a contact to a group I
>>> had, which is crazy. (that was after taking forever to add the group
>>> to begin with. lol)
>>>
>>> Pat
>>
- 2b.
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Re: address book
Posted by: "Doug Yelmen" dougyelmen@earthlink.net dougyelmen
Tue Jan 3, 2012 11:17 am (PST)
i took DD's advise, and wrote Apple.
i cannot even delete an entry in Lion's address book.
doug
Doug Yelmen
dougyelmen@earthlink.net
�Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful. Good words are not persuasive; persuasive words are not good.� ~ Lao Tzu
On Jan 3, 2012, at 6:09 AM, Forrest Leedy wrote:
> Same here, can not figure out what is so difficult about Lion�s address book.
>
> Forrest
>
> On Jan 2, 2012, at 6:28 PM, Jim Showalter wrote:
>
>> Well, it hasn't been difficult for me.
>>
>> On Jan 2, 2012, at 3:01 PM, Denver Dan wrote:
>>
>>> Howdy.
>>>
>>> I also think the Lion Address Book is awkward, difficult to use,
>>> difficult to figure out, and a major step backwards. It always takes
>>> me longer now in Lion to figure out how to use it.
>>>
>>> I've already given Apple some negative feedback on Lion Address Book.
>>>
>>> They're probably tired of hearing from me.
>>>
>>> Here's the feedback URL for Apple products.
>>>
>>> <http://www.apple.com/feedback/ >
>>>
>>> Give 'em a piece of your mind on something that is less functional and
>>> a step backwards.
>>>
>>> Denver Dan
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:16:01 -0500, Pat K. wrote:
>>>> I just got a new macbook pro, which has Lion. I am having the biggest
>>>> problem with the address book, and really prefer the functionality of
>>>> the Snow Leopard address book.
>>>> Is there a way for me to configure this to look like the old address
>>>> book? It just took me about 5 minutes to add a contact to a group I
>>>> had, which is crazy. (that was after taking forever to add the group
>>>> to begin with. lol)
>>>>
>>>> Pat
>>>
>
>
>
> --------------------- --------- ------
>
> Group FAQ:
> <http://www.macsupportcentral. >com/policies/
>
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
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- 2c.
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Re: address book
Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com newalander
Tue Jan 3, 2012 12:47 pm (PST)
> On 2012 January 2 (at 18:01) Denver Dan wrote:
> Howdy. I also think the Lion Address Book is awkward, difficult to use,
> difficult to figure out, and a major step backwards. It always takes
> me longer now in Lion to figure out how to use it.
>
> I've already given Apple some negative feedback on Lion Address Book.
>
> They're probably tired of hearing from me.
>
> Here's the feedback URL for Apple products.
>
> <http://www.apple.com/feedback/ >
>
> Give 'em a piece of your mind on something that is less functional and
> a step backwards. Denver Dan
>
Well Dan, you�re a better man than I. Where on that link is the app icon that can give the URL for Address Book feedback? I guess Apple also forgot that Mail is an OS X app. Oneal
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- 2d.
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Re: address book
Posted by: "Forrest Leedy" f.leedy@comcast.net forrkazu
Tue Jan 3, 2012 1:32 pm (PST)
On Jan 3, 2012, at 2:17 PM, Doug Yelmen wrote:
> i took DD's advise, and wrote Apple.
>
> i cannot even delete an entry in Lion's address book.
Try command + x, it works for me.
> doug
> Doug Yelmen
> dougyelmen@earthlink.net
- 3a.
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Re: Mac Mail autocomplete
Posted by: "Jim McGarvie" jim@mcgarvie.us jgarv2002
Tue Jan 3, 2012 6:54 am (PST)
Thanks Brent, I was beginning to fear that was the answer: That Mac Mail does not have that ability as does Outlook. OK, I can make do with three separate entries for one couple if I have to. And I have already created those in most cases.
But my autocomplete issue goes beyond that. Even though I have a separate entry for John, Mary, and John and Mary, when I type "john" or even "john smi" into the "To" field only "John and Mary Smith" pops up, not "John Smith." This after clearing out the previous recipients list, restarting a few times, and even upgrading to Lion.
Best,
Jim
On Jan 2, 2012, at 10:56 PM, N.A. Nada wrote:
>
> On Jan 2, 2012, at 6:02 AM, Jim McGarvie wrote:
>
> > Thanks for the reply, Otto. But no, it doesn't. If I type John Smi it still autocompletes to John and Mary Smith, and no John Smith shows up on the list.
>
> Jim,
>
> I can't think of any entries I have for a couple with separate eddies for the husband and the wife.
>
> But if I have several eddies for an individual, the autocomplete offers me all the e-dresses. If I type in John or Dan, I get a dozen or so possibilities offered up. I then chose the correct one.
>
> Do you have a separate entry for just John, another for just Mary and another for John and Mary? If not then that is why.
>
> If all the eddies are under John and Mary, then that is the only way Mail can offer it up. It does not have coding to strip off the "and Mary" and leave only "John Smith".
>
> Brent
>
>
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- 3b.
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Re: Mac Mail autocomplete
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Tue Jan 3, 2012 7:28 am (PST)
And if you type "smith" ...?
Otto
On 3 January 2012 14:54, Jim McGarvie <jim@mcgarvie.us > wrote:
> Thanks Brent, I was beginning to fear that was the answer: That Mac Mail
> does not have that ability as does Outlook. OK, I can make do with three
> separate entries for one couple if I have to. And I have already created
> those in most cases.
>
> But my autocomplete issue goes beyond that. Even though I have a separate
> entry for John, Mary, and John and Mary, when I type "john" or even "john
> smi" into the "To" field only "John and Mary Smith" pops up, not "John
> Smith." This after clearing out the previous recipients list, restarting a
> few times, and even upgrading to Lion.
>
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- 3c.
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Re: Mac Mail autocomplete
Posted by: "Jim McGarvie" jim@mcgarvie.us jgarv2002
Tue Jan 3, 2012 7:50 am (PST)
Oh, good thought! I hadn't tried that.
OK, when I type "smith" I get them and her, but not him alone. Weird.
Thanks for your continued help.
Jim
On Jan 3, 2012, at 7:28 AM, Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> And if you type "smith" ...?
>
> Otto
>
> On 3 January 2012 14:54, Jim McGarvie <jim@mcgarvie.us > wrote:
>
> > Thanks Brent, I was beginning to fear that was the answer: That Mac Mail
> > does not have that ability as does Outlook. OK, I can make do with three
> > separate entries for one couple if I have to. And I have already created
> > those in most cases.
> >
> > But my autocomplete issue goes beyond that. Even though I have a separate
> > entry for John, Mary, and John and Mary, when I type "john" or even "john
> > smi" into the "To" field only "John and Mary Smith" pops up, not "John
> > Smith." This after clearing out the previous recipients list, restarting a
> > few times, and even upgrading to Lion.
> >
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
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Re: Mac Mail autocomplete
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Tue Jan 3, 2012 8:19 am (PST)
Well, this is mystifying me so I set up 3 cards in Address Book, one for
John & Mary Smith, one for John Smith, and one for Mary Smith, all with
fictitious email addresses, of course.
In Mail > New Message > To, if I type "smith" I get all 3, plus my "real"
Smiths. If I type "john sm", I get the addresses for John Smith *and* John
& Mary Smith. If I type "mary sm", I get only one address (for Mary).
Could you show us how you entered the names in Address Book? Could there be
a typo somewhere?
Otto
On 3 January 2012 15:50, Jim McGarvie <jim@mcgarvie.us > wrote:
> Oh, good thought! I hadn't tried that.
>
> OK, when I type "smith" I get them and her, but not him alone. Weird.
>
> Thanks for your continued help.
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Re: Mac Mail autocomplete
Posted by: "Jim McGarvie" jim@mcgarvie.us jgarv2002
Tue Jan 3, 2012 9:32 am (PST)
Otto,
I tried setting up a new account from scratch and that worked for me also.
There must be something about the way I set these up in the first place. First of all, I imported my Address Book from Outlook (using MessageSave). Next, when I discovered I could not specify individual display names as one can in Outlook, I created separate entries for each of the affected couples. I did that by copying and pasting the entry for them both, then editing the name to delete one. In all cases, that did not produce the desired result. Deleting John Smith's entry and creating a new one from scratch did.
Seems like a bit of a pain, but it works and won't take me too long to repeat with all similar couples.
Thanks again.
Jim
On Jan 3, 2012, at 8:17 AM, Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> Well, this is mystifying me so I set up 3 cards in Address Book, one for
> John & Mary Smith, one for John Smith, and one for Mary Smith, all with
> fictitious email addresses, of course.
>
> In Mail > New Message > To, if I type "smith" I get all 3, plus my "real"
> Smiths. If I type "john sm", I get the addresses for John Smith *and* John
> & Mary Smith. If I type "mary sm", I get only one address (for Mary).
>
> Could you show us how you entered the names in Address Book? Could there be
> a typo somewhere?
>
> Otto
>
> On 3 January 2012 15:50, Jim McGarvie <jim@mcgarvie.us > wrote:
>
> > Oh, good thought! I hadn't tried that.
> >
> > OK, when I type "smith" I get them and her, but not him alone. Weird.
> >
> > Thanks for your continued help.
>
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>
>
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Re: address book question
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Tue Jan 3, 2012 7:14 am (PST)
You can have any number of email addresses in a single card, but I can't
see a way of giving them separate display names: they all have the name on
the card. You can edit this but it's a bit messy, so I suppose it's not
really what you want?
Otto
On 3 January 2012 02:23, Jim McGarvie <jim@mcgarvie.us > wrote:
> Thanks for the response, James. You're close, but didn't quite nail my
> situation. I correspond with several couples who do, in fact, have separate
> e-mail addresses (I agree: why would you not?!). If you've used Outlook
> you'll probably recall that Outlook let's you pick display names for each
> e-mail addy.
>
> So here's what I've been doing for many years (not to suggest there might
> not be a better way): I'll create a Contact in Outlook for John and Mary
> Smith. Comes in handy when time to do a mail merge for address labels for
> Christmas cards, for example.
>
> John and Mary each have their own e-mail addy, so I tell Outlook to
> display John's as "John Smith <john's e-mail addy>" and Mary's as "Mary
> Smith <mary's e-mail addy>". Each name/addy combo lists separately when
> selecting e-mail recipients.
>
> I was hoping to be able to do something similar with Mac's Address Book,
> but so far my only solution (not really a solution; more a work-around) is
> to have three separate Address Book entries for this couple: One for him,
> one for her and one for them.
>
> Hope I'm explaining this clearly enough.
>
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Re: iTunes Media Library
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Tue Jan 3, 2012 7:19 am (PST)
On 3 January 2012 02:34, Jim Saklad <jimdoc@me.com> wrote:
>
> However, it is a 500 GB *iTunes* library.
> It is quite possible that only a small fraction of it is music....
>
True, but the question said "listen" and "music".
;)
Otto
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Re: DVD Player scam/sham
Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com newalander
Tue Jan 3, 2012 8:37 am (PST)
> On 2011 December 25 (at 23:36) Arjun Singhal wrote:
>
> Don't use the DVD Player that comes with the Mac
>
> Under System Preferences > CDs and DVDs, select the option to ignore when you insert a Video DVD.
>
> Use VLC to play your DVDs. That way you shouldn't need to change the region code each time, and play your DVD as universal. DVD region code gets locked at the hardware level, and cannot be removed even with a system re-install.
>
> Hope this helps.
Thanx for the tip, Arjun, however I can�t seem to get VLC to play my video. I�ve selected Enable Video and clicking the start button does indeed start something, however the disc player (not my app) stops after a short period. The video counter does not register.
I have been able to use VLC in the past to produce frame snaps of videos that I created with my camera. This is my first attempt at playing a videodisc using VLC. Perhaps some setting is missing.
Thanx. Oneal
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Re: DVD Player scam/sham
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Tue Jan 3, 2012 8:40 am (PST)
On Jan 3, 2012, at 9:23 AM, Oneal Neumann wrote:
>> On 2011 December 25 (at 23:36) Arjun Singhal wrote:
>>
>> Don't use the DVD Player that comes with the Mac
>>
>> Under System Preferences > CDs and DVDs, select the option to ignore when you insert a Video DVD.
>>
>> Use VLC to play your DVDs. That way you shouldn't need to change the region code each time, and play your DVD as universal. DVD region code gets locked at the hardware level, and cannot be removed even with a system re-install.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>
>
> Thanx for the tip, Arjun, however I can�t seem to get VLC to play my video. I�ve selected Enable Video and clicking the start button does indeed start something, however the disc player (not my app) stops after a short period. The video counter does not register.
>
> I have been able to use VLC in the past to produce frame snaps of videos that I created with my camera. This is my first attempt at playing a videodisc using VLC. Perhaps some setting is missing.
I'm assuming you use the 'open disc' menu selection when trying to play?
It's always worked here.
Harry
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
- 6c.
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Re: DVD Player scam/sham
Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com newalander
Tue Jan 3, 2012 9:13 am (PST)
> On 2012 January 3 (at 11:40) Harry Flaxman wrote:
>
>> Thanx for the tip, Arjun, however I can�t seem to get VLC to play my video. I�ve selected Enable Video and clicking the start button does indeed start something, however the disc player (not my app) stops after a short period. The video counter does not register.
>>
>> I have been able to use VLC in the past to produce frame snaps of videos that I created with my camera. This is my first attempt at playing a videodisc using VLC. Perhaps some setting is missing.
>
> I'm assuming you use the 'open disc' menu selection when trying to play?
>
> It's always worked here. Harry
VLC > File > Open Disc > Open Source > Disc > DVD > Device name produces </dev/rdisk1> Harry. That�s the only choice that I have. How do I proceed?
Thanx. Oneal
- 6d.
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Re: DVD Player scam/sham
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Tue Jan 3, 2012 9:14 am (PST)
On Jan 3, 2012, at 12:13 PM, Oneal Neumann wrote:
>>
>> On 2012 January 3 (at 11:40) Harry Flaxman wrote:
>>
>>> Thanx for the tip, Arjun, however I can�t seem to get VLC to play my video. I�ve selected Enable Video and clicking the start button does indeed start something, however the disc player (not my app) stops after a short period. The video counter does not register.
>>>
>>> I have been able to use VLC in the past to produce frame snaps of videos that I created with my camera. This is my first attempt at playing a videodisc using VLC. Perhaps some setting is missing.
>>
>> I'm assuming you use the 'open disc' menu selection when trying to play?
>>
>> It's always worked here. Harry
>
>
>
> VLC > File > Open Disc > Open Source > Disc > DVD > Device name produces </dev/rdisk1> Harry. That�s the only choice that I have. How do I proceed?
>
> Thanx. Oneal
I have also had success with dragging the desktop icon of the disc directly to the playlist of VLC.
Harry
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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Re: DVD Player scam/sham
Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com newalander
Tue Jan 3, 2012 9:40 am (PST)
> On 2012 January 3 (at 12:14) Harry Flaxman wrote:
>
>> VLC > File > Open Disc > Open Source > Disc > DVD > Device name produces </dev/rdisk1> Harry. That�s the only choice that I have. How do I proceed? Thanx. Oneal
>
> I have also had success with dragging the desktop icon of the disc directly to the playlist of VLC. Harry
No seegar, Harry. I opened a playlist folder, which situated in iTunes. I was not able to drag the video icon into it. Thanx for trying. Oneal
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Re: DVD Player scam/sham
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Tue Jan 3, 2012 9:58 am (PST)
On Jan 3, 2012, at 12:39 PM, Oneal Neumann wrote:
>> On 2012 January 3 (at 12:14) Harry Flaxman wrote:
>>
>>> VLC > File > Open Disc > Open Source > Disc > DVD > Device name produces </dev/rdisk1> Harry. That�s the only choice that I have. How do I proceed? Thanx. Oneal
>>
>> I have also had success with dragging the desktop icon of the disc directly to the playlist of VLC. Harry
>
>
> No seegar, Harry. I opened a playlist folder, which situated in iTunes. I was not able to drag the video icon into it. Thanx for trying. Oneal
I mean in the playlist window of VLC,not iTunes.
The playlist window in VLC is not open by default, you have to select it either from the 'Window' menu selection, or the icon in the VLC toolbar.
Harry
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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Re: DVD Player scam/sham
Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com newalander
Tue Jan 3, 2012 12:19 pm (PST)
> On 2012 January 3 (at 12:58) Harry Flaxman wrote:
>
>> No seegar, Harry. I opened a playlist folder, which situated in iTunes. I was not able to drag the video icon into it. Thanx for trying. Oneal
>
> I mean in the playlist window of VLC, not iTunes.
>
> The playlist window in VLC is not open by default, you have to select it either from the 'Window' menu selection, or the icon in the VLC toolbar. Harry
I oopsed that one, Harry. I clicked VLC > File > Save Playlist which opened blank in iTunes.
Per your correction, I found the regular playlist, which shows my One Flew Over The Cuckoo�s Nest that I got in Hungary. There�s a yellow triangle in the far-left column probably meaning a nogo.
I ejected the disc and erased the video from the playlist. Reloading the disc (which is recognized by Finder) I dragged the video to VLC�s playlist, which accepted the video, again with a yellow nogo icon beside it. Again it does not play.
What�s next? Oneal
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Re: DVD Player scam/sham
Posted by: "Harry Flaxman" harry.flaxman@comcast.net hflaxman001
Tue Jan 3, 2012 12:31 pm (PST)
On Jan 3, 2012, at 3:18 PM, Oneal Neumann wrote:
>>
>> On 2012 January 3 (at 12:58) Harry Flaxman wrote:
>>
>>> No seegar, Harry. I opened a playlist folder, which situated in iTunes. I was not able to drag the video icon into it. Thanx for trying. Oneal
>>
>> I mean in the playlist window of VLC, not iTunes.
>>
>> The playlist window in VLC is not open by default, you have to select it either from the 'Window' menu selection, or the icon in the VLC toolbar. Harry
>
>
> I oopsed that one, Harry. I clicked VLC > File > Save Playlist which opened blank in iTunes.
>
> Per your correction, I found the regular playlist, which shows my One Flew Over The Cuckoo�s Nest that I got in Hungary. There�s a yellow triangle in the far-left column probably meaning a nogo.
>
> I ejected the disc and erased the video from the playlist. Reloading the disc (which is recognized by Finder) I dragged the video to VLC�s playlist, which accepted the video, again with a yellow nogo icon beside it. Again it does not play.
>
> What�s next? Oneal
I had never heard that VLC was region neutral That's a hardware deal, mostly.
Long shot, and a pain, can you transcode the disc using Handbrake? Then, the resultant file should be viewable with any media player.
Harry
Harry Flaxman
harry.flaxman@comcast.net
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Re: Handbrake help
Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com newalander
Tue Jan 3, 2012 1:23 pm (PST)
> On 2012 January 3 (at 15:31) Harry Flaxman wrote:
>
> I had never heard that VLC was region neutral That's a hardware deal, mostly.
>
> Long shot, and a pain, can you transcode the disc using Handbrake? Then, the resultant file should be viewable with any media player. Harry
This follows the 'DVD Player scam/sham' thread.
Thanx Harry. This ends here, unless someone with Handbrake experience can guide me through the process of converting my video so that VLC or DVD Player can play it.
I�m not willing to spend any time learning to work the app. Oneal
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Re: DVD Player scam/sham
Posted by: "Keith Whaley" keith_w@dslextreme.com keith9600
Tue Jan 3, 2012 2:12 pm (PST)
Arjun Singhal wrote:
> Don't use the DVD Player that comes with the Mac
>
> Under System Preferences> CDs and DVDs, select the option to ignore
> when you insert a Video DVD.
>
> Use VLC to play your DVDs. That way you shouldn't need to change the
> region code each time, and play your DVD as universal. DVD region
> code gets locked at the hardware level, and cannot be removed even
> with a system re-install.
>
> Hope this helps.
Instead, I chose "Other" and from the pop-up application window,
selected VLC player.
Locked in just fine.
Thanks for the pointer.
All I have to do now is, check it out the next time I have a video DVD. <g>
I just did, and it wouldn't play. I inserted a copy of the 2009 Rose
Bowl game, and altho' a number of windows opened, none of them played
the game.
No idea what's going on. Yet.
keith whaley
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Re: Finder spelling
Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com newalander
Tue Jan 3, 2012 8:37 am (PST)
I use Spotlight Comments when I activate Get Information (command-I) where I often enter foreign terms/words, which often results in red underlines indicative of spelling mistakes.
I find it annoying to have to use Learn Spelling to rid myself of those underlines. Is there any way to deactivate the Spelling feature for Spotlight, just as I (a rather good speller) have deactivated 'Check spelling' in Apple Mail? Thanx.
Spellchecking seems to be application-specific, at least with respect to some apps. 'Check spelling' was unhooked for Apple Mail because the feature was always showing red when I wrote Hungarian emails, 'egy zavaró dolog' [an annoying thing]. Oneal
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Re: laptop-screen ontime
Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com newalander
Tue Jan 3, 2012 8:38 am (PST)
What is the downside, if any, of leaving one�s laptop on all the time? I use the Caffeine app to never allow my laptop to go into sleep mode. As a consequence, most nights my laptop shines bright, quite often because I�ve left the Mail app on. The background is constant.
My understanding is that screensavers are redundant with new screen technology, which means (theoretically) there will be no sort of screen burnout.
That said, I have noticed that when my laptop is off, or at least not nothing showing on the screen, there is a dark irregular boxy shape stretching across the screen laterally. It�s not very wide. I know that camera LCD screens can be affected by objects placed against them. In fact LCDs can be caused to malfunction if they receive bump traumas, as has happened to me a couple of times, sad to say.
I�ve stored things within my laptop, however they have been (to my knowledge) only flat items, such as notebooks or sheets of paper, certainly nothing that could have produced the image I see when the screen is off.
The screen seems okay, however, when it is on. Thanx. Oneal
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