Messages In This Digest (25 Messages)
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- How to make a MBA act like a clock radio From: Ken
- 2a.
- Re: Good news, Apple Delivered! From: Arjun Singhal
- 3a.
- Re: MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 resolution? From: Bill B.
- 3b.
- Re: MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 resolution? From: Arjun Singhal
- 3c.
- Re: MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 resolution? From: Otto Nikolaus
- 3d.
- Re: MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 resolution? From: Jim Saklad
- 3e.
- Re: MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 resolution? From: Rob Frankel
- 3f.
- Re: MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 resolution? From: Otto Nikolaus
- 3g.
- Re: MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 resolution? From: Rob Frankel
- 3h.
- Re: MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 resolution? From: Arjun Singhal
- 4a.
- Macintosh News and Information <mac-l@hades.listmoms.net> From: Bill B.
- 4b.
- Re: Macintosh News and Information <mac-l@hades.listmoms.net> From: Randy B. Singer
- 5a.
- Re: print preview From: Jeannie
- 6.1.
- Re: Larger screen monitors for MacBookPro From: John Mills
- 6.2.
- Re: Larger screen monitors for MacBookPro From: Keith Whaley
- 7.1.
- Re: camera-card file-retrieval app From: Oneal Neumann
- 7.2.
- Re: camera-card file-retrieval app From: Jim Saklad
- 7.3.
- Re: camera-card file-retrieval app From: Oneal Neumann
- 8a.
- Re: Can't Make iPhoto Window Smaller From: Oneal Neumann
- 9a.
- Re: screen res From: Oneal Neumann
- 9b.
- Re: screen res From: Jim Saklad
- 10a.
- Re: cassette audio to USB ??? From: Oneal Neumann
- 10b.
- Re: cassette audio to USB ??? From: John Engberg
- 10c.
- Re: cassette audio to USB ??? From: Oneal Neumann
- 10d.
- Re: cassette audio to USB ??? From: Michael P. Stupinski
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How to make a MBA act like a clock radio
Posted by: "Ken" avlisk@cox.net avliska
Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:30 am (PST)
I'm trying to keep my new MBAir streaming iTunes radio at night, providing a clock-radio-like function. I set the computer on the nightstand, turn the keyboard lights and screen illumination all the way down, and settle in for a long winter's nap. But I can only get about 10 to 15 minutes until the streaming stops. The computer is still on, but I have to click the "Play" arrow to get the streaming started again.
I've gone into Energy Saver Preferences and set them at everything from 1 minute to "Never", but that doesn't seem to change this 15 minute stoppage at all. I'm powered with the Apple AC power brick that came with the MBAir. There must be some other setting that I'm missing, as my old MacBook would happily stream the iTunes radio all night long. How do I get the MBAir to do the same?
Any suggestions? And thanks.
Ken Silva
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Re: Good news, Apple Delivered!
Posted by: "Arjun Singhal" arjunsinghal@yahoo.com arjunsinghal
Thu Dec 15, 2011 6:20 am (PST)
I agree on the 8-Gig RAM bit. If you ask for RAM at the Apple Store, it costs Rs. 32000 to upgrade to 8-Gigs. However, in the open market, you can get 2x4 Gig Sims for much less at approximately Rs. 2500 to Rs. 3000 depending on which brand and on which day you buy. I'd advise you to stay within Simmtronics, Transcend, Kingston. Corsair RAM is more expensive, but the Apple Store guy advised its not recommended for the Macbook Pro. You can get that for Mac Pros where you're putting in RAM much higher than 8 Gigs.
Agreed on the part of the Androids being available here sooner. But I'd rather be without a smart phone than have an android. I've never had a good review about any android from any user. Even the top of the line Xperia users say, "It's just like an iPhone" and complain about so many small things. It's just better to get an iPhone or iPad. Apart from battery life on the iPhone, there's never a major quirk that stops you from working, unless you're jailbroken or unlocking unofficially. That's the only time you can be out there and stuck with a non-working device. Otherwise, the iPhones have usually been reliable with all the users I know. Have users in the family and my office - n all love them.
On 15-Dec-2011, at 2:33 PM, jayant m wrote:
> > > I wrote a few notes to these groups mentioning about my bad experience with the flickering screen of the MacBook Pro that was under Apple Care Protection. I had been battling with Apple and their service providers in India to get the unit repaired, and almost every part in the machine had been replaced by them, but the screen flicker was not going. When I asked them for a replacement, Apple wanted to tell me that they didn't replace products, and a series of not-so-nice conversations happened, which just gave me a hard time in dealing with them.
> ...
> > Arjun,
> >
> > Apple has always been this way to me. I always share the story of my iMac being replaced with a brand new one on the last night of it's Applecare agreement, 3 years old. It had been in the shop once a month for the last 4 months of it's life. On the last night, I had just taken re-delivery of the unit and it seemed to be OK, but occasionally just a little flaky. I called Apple support and just relayed to them, kind of off-the-cuff, that I was still having a bit of a problem. Not being irate or nasty. Within 3 minutes I was on the phone to a senior person and he offered to exchange my 3 year old iMac for a new one. Wow, that was it. They exchanged it, no hassles.
> >
> > This was in 2010. I had one earlier machine exchanged. A Powermac G5. In that instance, the unit was 3 months old. A brand new design, and very expensive. They advance shipped a unit to me immediately.
> >
> > Apple has always done right by me, so to speak.
> >
> > Harry
> >
> >
> > Harry Flaxman
> > harry.flaxman@...
> >
>
> Apple support and sales in India are quite poor which is why I will not buy either an Iphone or an Ipad. Options are severely limited, including in the MacBooks (it's a hassle for me to get 8 GB RAM, even). Android tablets and 'phones are coming out in India before they come out in the US while Ipads and Iphones are months delayed and generations behind.
>
> Jayant
>
>
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Re: MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 resolution?
Posted by: "Bill B." bill501@mindspring.com kernos501
Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:10 am (PST)
At 9:27 PM -0500 12/14/11, Denver Dan wrote:
>DigiTimes has a report that predicts Apple may release a new MacBook
>Pro in second quarter of 2012 with a very high resolution (Retina
>Display?) screen.
>
>The new screen, if real, could have a resolution of 2880 x 1800.
>
>This would be, I think, something like four times the pixels of the
>current MacBook Pro model.
Resolution is a nebulous term...
I run my 17" MBP at 1980x1200 = 2,376,000 pixels
The new screen would be 2880x1800 = 5,184,000 pixels
Dividing gives 2.18 times, still impressive.
But how big would the screen need be to be readable at Apple's system default font sizes? Or will this resolution be for use with a new large external monitor?
Still, I yearn for more screen real estate on a single monitor.
Bill B.
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Re: MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 resolution?
Posted by: "Arjun Singhal" arjunsinghal@yahoo.com arjunsinghal
Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:30 am (PST)
Bill
The idea of a retina display is to provide greater clarity at the same screen size. If you've used an iPhone 3GS alongside an iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S, you'd know the difference. Its basically to make the text look sharper. The dot pitch is so small, that with a naked eye, it extends beyond the limits of resolution for an ordinary person to make out. Which means, you get a screen experience that's as sharp as the best offset printing.
On 15-Dec-2011, at 8:40 PM, Bill B. wrote:
> At 9:27 PM -0500 12/14/11, Denver Dan wrote:
> >DigiTimes has a report that predicts Apple may release a new MacBook
> >Pro in second quarter of 2012 with a very high resolution (Retina
> >Display?) screen.
> >
> >The new screen, if real, could have a resolution of 2880 x 1800.
> >
> >This would be, I think, something like four times the pixels of the
> >current MacBook Pro model.
>
> Resolution is a nebulous term...
>
> I run my 17" MBP at 1980x1200 = 2,376,000 pixels
> The new screen would be 2880x1800 = 5,184,000 pixels
> Dividing gives 2.18 times, still impressive.
>
> But how big would the screen need be to be readable at Apple's system default font sizes? Or will this resolution be for use with a new large external monitor?
>
> Still, I yearn for more screen real estate on a single monitor.
>
> Bill B.
>
>
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Re: MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 resolution?
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:54 am (PST)
This is relative to viewing distance. A small screen like the iPhone's is
viewed from very close. Such high res would be wasted on a large monitor
further away.
Otto
On 15 December 2011 15:30, Arjun Singhal <arjunsinghal@yahoo.com > wrote:
> Bill
>
> The idea of a retina display is to provide greater clarity at the same
> screen size. If you've used an iPhone 3GS alongside an iPhone 4 or iPhone
> 4S, you'd know the difference. Its basically to make the text look sharper.
> The dot pitch is so small, that with a naked eye, it extends beyond the
> limits of resolution for an ordinary person to make out. Which means, you
> get a screen experience that's as sharp as the best offset printing.
>
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Re: MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 resolution?
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:38 am (PST)
> This is relative to viewing distance. A small screen like the iPhone's is viewed from very close. Such high res would be wasted on a large monitor further away.
> Otto
I can't speak for you, but I don't sit very far away from my 15" MacbookPro...
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Re: MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 resolution?
Posted by: "Rob Frankel" rob@robfrankel.com robfrankeldotcom
Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:48 am (PST)
At 12:37 PM -0500 12/15/11, Jim Saklad wrote thusly:
> > This is relative to viewing distance. A small screen like the
>iPhone's is viewed from very close. Such high res would be wasted on
>a large monitor further away.
>> Otto
>
>I can't speak for you, but I don't sit very far away from my 15" MacbookPro...
>
As do I, and the high res screen makes a huge difference. I look at
other screens and can't believe the difference in clarity.
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Re: MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 resolution?
Posted by: "Otto Nikolaus" otto.nikolaus@googlemail.com nikyzf
Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:06 am (PST)
On 15 December 2011 17:39, Rob Frankel <rob@robfrankel.com > wrote:
>
> As do I, and the high res screen makes a huge difference. I look at
> other screens and can't believe the difference in clarity.
>
As close as you would use an iPhone?
But I wouldn't want to use less than my PowerBook has (1440x960) at laptop
distance.
Otto
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Re: MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 resolution?
Posted by: "Rob Frankel" rob@robfrankel.com robfrankeldotcom
Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:18 am (PST)
At 6:05 PM +0000 12/15/11, Otto Nikolaus wrote thusly:
>On 15 December 2011 17:39, Rob Frankel <rob@robfrankel.com > wrote:
>
>>
>> As do I, and the high res screen makes a huge difference. I look at
>> other screens and can't believe the difference in clarity.
>>
>
>As close as you would use an iPhone?
>
>But I wouldn't want to use less than my PowerBook has (1440x960) at laptop
>distance.
>
>Otto
>
Once you get hooked on high res, it's really hard to settle for
anything less....
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Re: MacBook Pro with 2880x1800 resolution?
Posted by: "Arjun Singhal" arjunsinghal@yahoo.com arjunsinghal
Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:19 am (PST)
in my case as well, i don't think there's much difference as to how close i hold the iphone or the macbook pro. in fact, while i am slouching at my desk (which i shouldn't ever be), the screen is closer to my face, as compared to when I am checking the contacts on my phone to make a call.
On 15-Dec-2011, at 11:35 PM, Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> On 15 December 2011 17:39, Rob Frankel <rob@robfrankel.com > wrote:
>
> >
> > As do I, and the high res screen makes a huge difference. I look at
> > other screens and can't believe the difference in clarity.
> >
>
> As close as you would use an iPhone?
>
> But I wouldn't want to use less than my PowerBook has (1440x960) at laptop
> distance.
>
> Otto
>
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Macintosh News and Information <mac-l@hades.listmoms.net>
Posted by: "Bill B." bill501@mindspring.com kernos501
Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:34 am (PST)
I've starting losing application icons. There is nothing showing in icon view and I have to double click on the apps name to get it to open.
What does one rebuild to get these icons to reappear?
I had tried starting up with option-command pressed (old muscle memory ;-), which of course did nothing.
Any suggestions?
TIA,
Bill
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Re: Macintosh News and Information <mac-l@hades.listmoms.net>
Posted by: "Randy B. Singer" randy@macattorney.com randybrucesinger
Thu Dec 15, 2011 9:09 am (PST)
On Dec 15, 2011, at 7:34 AM, Bill B. wrote:
> I've starting losing application icons. There is nothing showing in
> icon view and I have to double click on the apps name to get it to
> open.
>
> What does one rebuild to get these icons to reappear?
Go to:
[hard drive icon] --> Users --> [your user name] --> Library -->
Preferences --> com.apple.finder.plist
If you are running Lion, the user Library folder will be invisible.
You can access it by holding down the Option key while clicking on
the Finder's Go menu. "Library" will then appear as one of the
choices in the Go menu.
Drag "com.apple.finder.plist" to the desktop and restart your Mac.
If things get better, you can drag the copy of com.apple.finder.plist
that is on your desktop to the trash.
If things don't get better, I'd try using Disk Utility to Repair
Permissions, and I'd use this program to clear your caches:
CacheOutX (free)
http://www.trilateralsystems. com/cacheoutx/
If none of the above helps, I'd try creating a new user account, log
into it, and see if the problem is gone. If it is, we can go from
there.
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Re: print preview
Posted by: "Jeannie" nikonjeannie@gmail.com chloe898
Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:35 am (PST)
Hmm..that works too. Thanks
Jeannie
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 5:32 PM, Jim Smith <jas1931@gmail.com > wrote:
> What I have been doing for Print Preview, after upgrading to Lion, in all
> application: In the print dialog is to select PDF->Open in Preview, then
> after 'print displays' then either select cancel or print.
> Jim Smith
> www.rvcarelogbook.com
>
> On Dec 10, 2011, at 12:42 PM, Jeannie wrote:
>
> > I noticed that since I installed lion, I no longer have the print preview
> > option while printing something on line. I am using Firefox. Hubie said
> to
> > try safari. When I did , I still had the print preview feature. I am
> using
> > a HP laser jet P1606dn.
> >
> > has anyone else had this problem. I have used Firefox for years, and love
> > it, and don't want to use safari.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jeannie
>
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Re: Larger screen monitors for MacBookPro
Posted by: "John Mills" jsm5320432@yahoo.com jsm5320432
Thu Dec 15, 2011 8:49 am (PST)
Sometimes a larger monitor provides a way to keep multiple windows open in a larger format. Additionally, the larger display eases some of the strain on eyes after long hours of working on documents.
Irrespective of the MB Pro display's quality, sometimes you can't beat size.
This is another one of those personal choices in which there are some technical advice to be listened to but the choice is personal preference.
John
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Re: Larger screen monitors for MacBookPro
Posted by: "Keith Whaley" keith_w@dslextreme.com keith9600
Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:05 pm (PST)
Tod Hopkins wrote:
> On Dec 14, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Ardell Faul wrote:
>
>> Bear in mind that if you are using a video signal from an SVGA port or
>> even from a DVI port, you are displaying ANALOG video and the pixel by
>> pixel concept will not apply.
I have an iMac, which shows the largest number of pixels it will display
at 1680x 1050.
Is that the highest resolution, IE, the native resolution for my monitor?
I use the stretched version of my monitor's 1024 x 768, for various
reasons, and it's fine by me. Just an anecdotal comment...
Thanks, keith whaley
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Re: camera-card file-retrieval app
Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com newalander
Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:44 pm (PST)
On 2011 December 12 (at 06:21) Otto Nikolaus wrote:
> less than, left/open angle bracket, or left chevron
> greater than, right/close angle bracket, or right chevron
>
> Otto
>
That's the answer, Otto.
For enclosure names we have 'parentheses': ( ), 'brackets': [ ], 'chevrons': < >.
Now, how about these babies: { }?
Thanx. Oneal
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Re: camera-card file-retrieval app
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:06 pm (PST)
> That‚s the answer, Otto.
> For enclosure names we have 'parentheses': ( ), 'brackets': [ ], 'chevrons': < >.
> Now, how about these babies: { }?
> Thanx. Oneal
Braces.
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Re: camera-card file-retrieval app
Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com newalander
Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:22 pm (PST)
On 2011 December 15 (at 16:06) Jim Saklad wrote:
>> That's the answer, Otto.
>> For enclosure names we have 'parentheses': ( ), 'brackets': [ ], 'chevrons': < >.
>> Now, how about these babies: { }?
>> Thanx. Oneal
>
> Braces. Jim Saklad
You be a smart dude, Jim. Thanx. Oneal
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Re: Can't Make iPhoto Window Smaller
Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com newalander
Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:44 pm (PST)
On 2011 December 12 (at 12:18) Doris wrote:
> Hello,
>
> When I try to drag the triangle at the the lower right to make the window
> smaller, my iPhoto window jumps larger, below the dock. I know it used to
> work so how do I get it back to working to get the window the size I want,
> so that I can drag something to import a photo from desktop for example or
> other task?
>
> I don't have trouble with any other windows other than iPhoto.
>
> Thanks, Doris
>
Not sure that this will help, Doris, however when things get wonky with my apps, when they stop doing (or start doing badly) actions that normally had been okay, then I just shut down and do a Safe Boot, after which I do a normal boot.
That usual clears things up. I often don't reboot for many days (even weeks) on end and, as a consequence, computer functioning deteriorates. I suppose that this deterioration is related to the type of work one does.
Probably text work (writing) and nothing else will not much affect a comp's ability to function, however (as in your case) working with photos (reducing, cropping, moving, etc) places more demand on the computer.
Perhaps even just shutting down and rebooting (without the Safe Boot) might just clear up your issue. Give that a try first. Oneal
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Re: screen res
Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com newalander
Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:44 pm (PST)
The recent thread about monitors has got me thinking about 'resolution'.
I understand that there are (at least, perhaps) two ways of looking at the issue of 'resolution'. My conception of resolution is linked to pixels per unit area, which for screens probably means pixels / centimeter squared.
It is my understanding that the resolution of a 24" desktop monitor is the same as the resolution of a 27" desktop monitor. In other words, the # of pixels / area unit is identical for both.
The bigger monitor is only larger; it does not produce a better picture.
QUESTION: Do desktop monitors produce better images than laptop screens? I don't have a working desktop monitor currently, so I can't make a comparison check.
The technologies are different. Is there a point, from an 'optimal' (whatever that means) viewing perspective, where cramming more pixels per area unit becomes counterproductive?
More further, Otto said (on 14 Dec.) that "[despite] halv[ing] each dimension [in terms of pixels], [he'd] expect the sharpness ... to be retained".
Is image acuity not a function of linear pixelation? In other words, the more pixels along each axis, the better (up to a point). Wouldn't reducing the # of pixels in each direction also be counterproductive, even if the aspect ratio were maintained.
Thanx. Oneal
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Re: screen res
Posted by: "Jim Saklad" jimdoc@me.com jimdoc01
Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:12 pm (PST)
> I understand that there are (at least, perhaps) two ways of looking at the issue of 'resolution'. My conception of resolution is linked to pixels per unit area, which for screens probably means pixels / centimeter squared.
In the *old* days, pixels weren't necessarily square. Today that's not generally the case. Resolutions are normally described in pixels per inch or per centimeter.
> QUESTION: Do desktop monitors produce better images than laptop screens? I don‚t have a working desktop monitor currently, so I can‚t make a comparison check.
>
> The technologies are different.
Are they?
Does the LED-lit LCD screen on my laptop use a different technology than the LED-lit LCD screen of the "Cinema Display" in the other room?
> Is there a point, from an 'optimal' (whatever that means) viewing perspective, where cramming more pixels per area unit becomes counterproductive?
1. When that particular user's eyes can't tell the difference any more.
2. When you can no longer *afford* more pixels per inch.
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Re: cassette audio to USB ???
Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com newalander
Thu Dec 15, 2011 12:44 pm (PST)
A local electronics store is selling a device that can transfer cassette-tape audio to a computer using a USB input. Will that work for me or is that only for PCs?
Relatedly, will anything I receive via USB (let's say video or audio) automatically be accessible? I'm not clear on the concept of connecting cables.
I used to think that cables were just cables, however I'm not so sure now.
Thanx. Oneal
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Re: cassette audio to USB ???
Posted by: "John Engberg" mrbyte@earthlink.net mrbyte
Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:00 pm (PST)
On Dec 15, 2011, at 12:44 PM, Oneal Neumann wrote:
>
> A local electronics store is selling a device that can transfer cassette-tape audio to a computer using a USB input. Will that work for me or is that only for PCs?
>
> Relatedly, will anything I receive via USB (let‚s say video or audio) automatically be accessible? I‚m not clear on the concept of connecting cables.
>
> I used to think that cables were just cables, however I‚m not so sure now.
>
> Thanx. Oneal
>
The only equipment you need, you probably have - a cassette player with an audio out, or line out, or headphone jack; plus an appropriate cable - a mini RCA, for example. The software you need is something like Audio Hijack Pro. I use that and it works like a champ for me. There probably are numerous other software packages out there that will do the same job, but I quit looking when I found Audio Hijack Pro.
John Engberg
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Re: cassette audio to USB ???
Posted by: "Oneal Neumann" wardell.h.s@gmail.com newalander
Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:20 pm (PST)
On 2011 December 15 (at 16:00,) John Engberg wrote:
> The only equipment you need, you probably have - a cassette player with an audio out, or line out, or headphone jack; plus an appropriate cable - a mini RCA, for example. The software you need is something like Audio Hijack Pro. I use that and it works like a champ for me. There probably are numerous other software packages out there that will do the same job, but I quit looking when I found Audio Hijack Pro. John Engberg
Thanx for the headsup, John. I've also got AHP. Did not occur to me to do what you've done. I've used it mainly to record internet conversations. Oneal
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Re: cassette audio to USB ???
Posted by: "Michael P. Stupinski" mpstupinski@snet.net mstupinski
Thu Dec 15, 2011 1:38 pm (PST)
FWIW, I got a cheap webcam as a "prize" for visiting a local car
dealer. It's USB 2.0, but plugging it in to my G5 Mac produces no
results. Not recognized in System Profiler, either.
......Mike
On Dec 15, 2011, at 12:44 PM, Oneal Neumann wrote:
>
> A local electronics store is selling a device that can transfer
> cassette-tape audio to a computer using a USB input. Will that work
> for me or is that only for PCs?
>
> Relatedly, will anything I receive via USB (let's say video or
> audio) automatically be accessible? I'm not clear on the concept of
> connecting cables.
>
> I used to think that cables were just cables, however I'm not so
> sure now.
>
> Thanx. Oneal
>
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