Lauralena
Jul 4, 08:35 PM
I am a novice to OS X and have two questions involving sound files.
1. At work (system 9) I can save sound files to my desk top. I double-click on them and they sound instantly. With OS X (what I have at home), when I click on a wav, mpg3 or snd file, iTunes opens and plays the sound. Highly annoying! :confused: And what's worse, THEN iTunes starts playing everything in its inventory after it plays the sound. Is there any way to create a sound file I can double-click on without opening up an application?
2. Some sites have sounds that I'd love to download. But I can save them only as Quick Time Movies (yes, MOVIES!). In other words, when I click on "save as," I am forced to save them this way. So needless to say, when I click on these icons on my desk top, they don't play, and I get a window saying "The movie file [say, Orig_0000818e.IETemp] cannot be found. Without this file, the movie cannot play properly," followed by "Couldn't open the file [name of file] because an unknown error occured. The number of the error is: [say, �128]." How can I save/convert a Quick Time movie file containing a piece of audio to something that I can save on my desktop and double-click on?
I just want to click on a sound icon and hear it immediately. Why is this so difficult?
Thanks to anyone who can help me!
P.S. I tried using something I downloaded called Sound App. But it was only operable in 9. When I realized it, I trashed it, as I didn't want to convert to 9 every time I opened it. Now I use something called SoundConverter. But that doesn't help with my two problems above.
1. At work (system 9) I can save sound files to my desk top. I double-click on them and they sound instantly. With OS X (what I have at home), when I click on a wav, mpg3 or snd file, iTunes opens and plays the sound. Highly annoying! :confused: And what's worse, THEN iTunes starts playing everything in its inventory after it plays the sound. Is there any way to create a sound file I can double-click on without opening up an application?
2. Some sites have sounds that I'd love to download. But I can save them only as Quick Time Movies (yes, MOVIES!). In other words, when I click on "save as," I am forced to save them this way. So needless to say, when I click on these icons on my desk top, they don't play, and I get a window saying "The movie file [say, Orig_0000818e.IETemp] cannot be found. Without this file, the movie cannot play properly," followed by "Couldn't open the file [name of file] because an unknown error occured. The number of the error is: [say, �128]." How can I save/convert a Quick Time movie file containing a piece of audio to something that I can save on my desktop and double-click on?
I just want to click on a sound icon and hear it immediately. Why is this so difficult?
Thanks to anyone who can help me!
P.S. I tried using something I downloaded called Sound App. But it was only operable in 9. When I realized it, I trashed it, as I didn't want to convert to 9 every time I opened it. Now I use something called SoundConverter. But that doesn't help with my two problems above.
Demon Hunter
Sep 19, 09:39 PM
I'm not a user of Office (only when I have to be) but so far I've been very impressed with Word export/import. It also does a killer job making HTML files, I don't know why people complain. :confused:
iVeBeenDrinkin'
Mar 16, 03:23 AM
That's what she said
imutter
Apr 1, 08:57 PM
for your consideration ...
I am OCD about laundry I am a freak about it ......my laundry room is biggest room in the house LOL I would love that machine !!!
I am OCD about laundry I am a freak about it ......my laundry room is biggest room in the house LOL I would love that machine !!!
Nermal
Jul 13, 06:21 PM
Originally posted by Horrortaxi
Another thing about converting AAC to mp3--you're tinkering with a file that's already compressed and you'll lose some sound quality. I got excited about AAC and ripped a few hundred of my CDs. Then I discovered that Tivo won't play AAC (I stream my mp3s from my Mac to the Tivo, which is connected to the home theater). So rather than re-rip all my CDs I converted them to mp3 in iTunes. They sounded pretty crappy. I might just have good ears--I can tell the difference between CD and vinyl--but that was an unacceptable loss of quality. I ended up re-ripping everything.
Some people notice these sorts of things. I used to download MP3s from Napster (remember Napster? :p) and make standard audio CDs from them. I could then rip the CD into MP3, and I couldn't tell the difference.
The other day I was listening to some 192k MP3s and they sounded fine. Then I listened to a proper CD, then back to the MP3s and they suddenly sounded terrible! I guess the "purer" sound of the CD made the MP3s sound worse or something.
Another thing about converting AAC to mp3--you're tinkering with a file that's already compressed and you'll lose some sound quality. I got excited about AAC and ripped a few hundred of my CDs. Then I discovered that Tivo won't play AAC (I stream my mp3s from my Mac to the Tivo, which is connected to the home theater). So rather than re-rip all my CDs I converted them to mp3 in iTunes. They sounded pretty crappy. I might just have good ears--I can tell the difference between CD and vinyl--but that was an unacceptable loss of quality. I ended up re-ripping everything.
Some people notice these sorts of things. I used to download MP3s from Napster (remember Napster? :p) and make standard audio CDs from them. I could then rip the CD into MP3, and I couldn't tell the difference.
The other day I was listening to some 192k MP3s and they sounded fine. Then I listened to a proper CD, then back to the MP3s and they suddenly sounded terrible! I guess the "purer" sound of the CD made the MP3s sound worse or something.
iris_failsafe
Mar 19, 03:05 PM
you have to stop thinking in computer terms and do it in video terms, I guess your project is for broadcast so you have to render at D1 pal resolution at 25fps
applefan289
Apr 1, 08:31 PM
oh in this case Iphone
I just ordered from the McRumors menu.
I just ordered from the McRumors menu.
philipma1957
Feb 9, 05:13 PM
it has server osx not regular osx. it is a bit different
ZombieZakk
Apr 20, 08:20 PM
my suggestion is, wait for the new SB MBA, the ultimate 13 MBA will get a price drop, i think it will be a very good deal, just wait 2 more months
it seems very unlikely we will see a mba refresh in 2 months it will be more realistically 6 months
it seems very unlikely we will see a mba refresh in 2 months it will be more realistically 6 months
thedude110
Sep 11, 09:50 AM
I had just finished grad school in June and had taken my first real, full time "adult job" as a teacher. The attacks happened while I was in class, so neither I, nor my students, had any idea anything was wrong. A few minutes after class, a student came by with eyes wide saying "The World Trade Center is on fire!" (his reaction was one of excitement ... of conveying big news). I patronized him but didn't believe him (the kid was, and probably still is, a bit of a troublemaker).
Then a student came to the office of a colleague (next to my office) with the same news. That's when I hit the web and found that I couldn't access any news anywhere.
My colleague and I conferred, and about 15 minutse later we heard someone say "The tower collapsed!" My colleague and I ran downstairs to the TV in the lobby -- that was when the horizon of the enormity of the thing first crossed our minds.
The rest of the day was spent between silent TV watching and comforting the kids who came to our offices.
Then a student came to the office of a colleague (next to my office) with the same news. That's when I hit the web and found that I couldn't access any news anywhere.
My colleague and I conferred, and about 15 minutse later we heard someone say "The tower collapsed!" My colleague and I ran downstairs to the TV in the lobby -- that was when the horizon of the enormity of the thing first crossed our minds.
The rest of the day was spent between silent TV watching and comforting the kids who came to our offices.
JoeG4
Mar 3, 04:40 PM
I wonder how much of that 60B came from government-run institutions. You always whine about how people are paying for unions whether they want to or not - schools have to pay MS whether they want to or not (I can think of more than one case of a Linux or Mac school getting sued/audited by MS for not having a windows site license).
Chew on that. :D
Chew on that. :D
quigleybc
Oct 4, 11:37 AM
I'll put this article in the "ya right" category.
Lollypop
Aug 10, 12:34 AM
But see, that's just it. If we're working back and forth on .docs and .xls's, we can't have ANY formating problems - they've got to match. AND I'm not going to jump through any hoops by using this or that piece of software to make it happen. Don't have time - gotta produce!
When we first started to look into macs for our company the very first thing people wanted to know was how would documents look and be saved. ITs nice to say that openoffice is close, but close isnt a match. Im hoping the new ODF (open document format) will solve these problems! :D
When we first started to look into macs for our company the very first thing people wanted to know was how would documents look and be saved. ITs nice to say that openoffice is close, but close isnt a match. Im hoping the new ODF (open document format) will solve these problems! :D
applemacdude
Oct 4, 08:00 PM
[QUOTE=Nermal]Yay! One I know the answer to! :D
And, to make this post slightly more worthwhile, what was Mr Anderson's old username?
DukeStreet...Which was owned by me for a amount of time./.
And, to make this post slightly more worthwhile, what was Mr Anderson's old username?
DukeStreet...Which was owned by me for a amount of time./.
elppa
Apr 4, 05:08 PM
Vim.
Debugging is mainly handled within the browser. Chrome and Firefox are especially good at this (Firefox has Firebug which is useful and the standard Chrome dev tools are top notch too).
The Chrome dev tools are just the standard webkit developer tools.
Debugging is mainly handled within the browser. Chrome and Firefox are especially good at this (Firefox has Firebug which is useful and the standard Chrome dev tools are top notch too).
The Chrome dev tools are just the standard webkit developer tools.
MrSmith
Oct 12, 02:23 AM
Can anyone explain why that happens?
Also, out of interest, at what line do the other spreadsheets go nutty?
Also, out of interest, at what line do the other spreadsheets go nutty?
citizenzen
Feb 27, 10:01 AM
How ironic that two of the permanent members of the UNSC have invoked the ICC without themselves recognising it.
That's because we're too big to fail. :D
That's because we're too big to fail. :D
Mr.Noisy
Nov 1, 03:05 AM
November yahoooo soon be bonfire night :D,
ok I made this background in Photoshop after seeing a very similar one on 4walled (http://4walled.org/) but that one looked very tired, hence making one from scratch so there's *No Link* to it, I removed the dock using Mirage 2 (http://www.macthemes.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16802835) for snow leopard and the indicators are from the Eclipse dock (http://macthemes.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16796046) enlarged in photoshop and installed via Candybar 3 (http://www.panic.com/candybar/)
ok I made this background in Photoshop after seeing a very similar one on 4walled (http://4walled.org/) but that one looked very tired, hence making one from scratch so there's *No Link* to it, I removed the dock using Mirage 2 (http://www.macthemes.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16802835) for snow leopard and the indicators are from the Eclipse dock (http://macthemes.net/forum/viewtopic.php?id=16796046) enlarged in photoshop and installed via Candybar 3 (http://www.panic.com/candybar/)
slooksterPSV
Sep 11, 02:30 PM
I was at home, my sister was watching the news. She had just heard about it. So I got ready and walked to school. When I got there, everyone was talking about what had happened. I went to my first period class (I was in 8th grade). All of my teachers were saying that this was becoming a part of history. I watched the news all day except in one class. The b**** didn't care about the two towers and thought it was nonsense to watch it. When I saw the Towers fall I was in shock, it was like omg. How can a structure like that just go completely down. It was so sad and strange to watch.
tigress666
Apr 16, 10:47 AM
That's a personal choice. Your definition of in depth is subjective. Mileage may vary.
That's fine, your not/no longer a gamer. What you do is called killing time.
That is what gaming is ;). Sorry, but uh, gaming is killing time. You really think you do something productive when you game? No, you do something fun that you enjoy in your spare time. And if it isn't your spare time.. then you're going to find it hard to pay your bills in the real world if you are so addicted to gaming you are doing it rather than the stuff you *need* to do (like go to work).
A sad possibility. Touch will never equal tactile feedback.
Depends on what you are talking about. RPGS like final fantasy? Sorry, really don't need tactile controls for that. In ways, touch is better cause you don't have to go scrolling for the command you want, you can instantly touch what you want to do.
Honestly, we can take your argument further. Your console games suck cause they don't have enough controls like a computer game does. For example try doing a realistic flight sim on a console? Ain't going to happen. You need a lot more ability to do a lot of commands (and quickly, not just scrolling through), something having a keyboard with a lot more ways to have different commands, gives you. I'm actually amazed some one did a decent flight sim (of course it has the same problem as consoles do, but actually if I were on a bigger screen like an iPad, it probably could be better than consoles cause they can just have you touch the controls on the "dashboard" giving you more options to control than a controller with limited buttons. So once again, touch screen is better than a control pad, but only if you have enough real estate on that touch screen).
Of course, for some games, the controller on a console is better cause you do want some simplicity. And then there are games like racing games where sorry, your controller SUX! I'll take my iphone's tilt control on a racing game over a frikkin d-pad or joy stick. Of course, the best for that is an actual steering wheel and pedals :).
What type of control is best depends on the game ;). You can't just generalize here and you're being very short sighted if you think the controller is a end all be all and that there aren't things touch screen is better for.
That's fine, your not/no longer a gamer. What you do is called killing time.
That is what gaming is ;). Sorry, but uh, gaming is killing time. You really think you do something productive when you game? No, you do something fun that you enjoy in your spare time. And if it isn't your spare time.. then you're going to find it hard to pay your bills in the real world if you are so addicted to gaming you are doing it rather than the stuff you *need* to do (like go to work).
A sad possibility. Touch will never equal tactile feedback.
Depends on what you are talking about. RPGS like final fantasy? Sorry, really don't need tactile controls for that. In ways, touch is better cause you don't have to go scrolling for the command you want, you can instantly touch what you want to do.
Honestly, we can take your argument further. Your console games suck cause they don't have enough controls like a computer game does. For example try doing a realistic flight sim on a console? Ain't going to happen. You need a lot more ability to do a lot of commands (and quickly, not just scrolling through), something having a keyboard with a lot more ways to have different commands, gives you. I'm actually amazed some one did a decent flight sim (of course it has the same problem as consoles do, but actually if I were on a bigger screen like an iPad, it probably could be better than consoles cause they can just have you touch the controls on the "dashboard" giving you more options to control than a controller with limited buttons. So once again, touch screen is better than a control pad, but only if you have enough real estate on that touch screen).
Of course, for some games, the controller on a console is better cause you do want some simplicity. And then there are games like racing games where sorry, your controller SUX! I'll take my iphone's tilt control on a racing game over a frikkin d-pad or joy stick. Of course, the best for that is an actual steering wheel and pedals :).
What type of control is best depends on the game ;). You can't just generalize here and you're being very short sighted if you think the controller is a end all be all and that there aren't things touch screen is better for.
Patmian212
Nov 29, 01:39 PM
No one interested?
lostngone
Apr 12, 04:22 PM
This looks like just another sim overlay solution. Nothing is done to the phone. They use a small IC and just trick the phone into thinking it has an authorized sim in it.
These are not new.
These are not new.
jolie1
Nov 18, 03:35 AM
that sounds sucks
psychonaut
Mar 29, 11:53 PM
Thanks for the review. You did point out that it does not cover the front camera, but it appears that it does cover the ambient light sensor. Can you please confirm?
Oh wow! Good call, I just checked and yes it does cover the light sensor...
Oh wow! Good call, I just checked and yes it does cover the light sensor...
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