[macvoiceover] Re: What do you do with your MAC?
- From: Laura <laura.mcg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:12:50 +0000
This is an awesome list. I don't think I do anything that hasn't been covered
by either you or Keith, except maybe sync my iPhone, which works like a dream.
On 28 Nov 2009, at 12:48, Chris Hofstader wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Keith, this is a great idea. I do find some of the new bugs with text
> editing (needing to interact when we didn't before in Mail and TextEdit,
> COMMAND+DEL reading the whole line instead of the word that was deleted and a
> few other minor issues) but, while these annoy me, I still use my Mac for a
> whole lot of things quite productively.
>
> I do many of the same things you do so rather than bore our readers with
> repetitive lists, I'll toss in a handful of the tasks I've used my Mac for
> recently.
>
> * I did a presentation called "MacAttack" at the Mid-Atlantic ACB convention
> and, without preparation for Q&A, we opened up the final 15 minutes to any
> questions and demonstrated nearly everything that was requested. When at
> FS, I made the same offer with JAWS and PAC Mate and never got through
> without some gnarly bug-a-boo turning up. VoiceOver has far fewer features
> than JAWS but those that it has are rock solid (sorry GW for using your
> phrase) enough to let strangers pick a feature and perform it without
> rehearsal.
>
> * I use Adium for chat with people on a wide variety of different services.
> This is a really good and highly accessible program that I like a lot.
>
> * I use Syrinx as a twitter client. This is pretty accessible but as I
> don't look at twitter much, I can't say that I have a lot of time actually
> using it.
>
> * I use TextEdit a ton because a lot of what I do requires writing. I have
> iWork but I haven't been able to get the knack of Pages yet and frustrate too
> easily to spend enough time with it to learn it well enough to be at all
> efficient.
>
> * I use Terminal to ssh into my under development web site. I also use
> Safari to go into my Drupal login page and it handles the task of dealing
> with Drupal, a really excellent albeit somewhat complicated web interface
> very well.
>
> * I use Skype to talk to people all over the world.
>
> * I play music in iTunes across our wifi network, onto an Airport Express
> which is plugged into my really killer audiophile stereo with virtually no
> trouble.
>
> * I get audio from iTunes Store and eMusic but prefer lossless files so
> still buy a bunch of CDs online.
>
> * We download and watch rented movies from iTunes on our iMac.
>
> * I download books from the NLS digital download site and move them onto my
> CF card for listening to them on my Victor Stream. I've been considering a
> BookSense since I've seen a friend's but that isn't really apropos to a how I
> use a Mac discussion.
>
> * I write on our project wiki using Safari almost daily.
>
> * What else do I do that may not be on Keith's list?
>
> Happy Hacking,
> cdh
>
>
> On Nov 28, 2009, at 12:49 AM, Keith Reedy wrote:
>
>> Hi folks,
>>
>> For the last week we have talked about problems a few are having with the
>> new SnowLeopard and we haven't had much of the good news about the great new
>> changes in SnowLeopard, so, let me ask, what do you do with your MAC. From
>> the admin reports I am seeing a good number of new folks on the list, so,
>> lets give them an idea of what you are doing with the MAC.
>>
>> I will be pleased to lead off.
>>
>> First of all, mail is not crashing and Safari is working fine for me.
>>
>> I work in an office and I do a good deal of internet searches and almost
>> every day I copy and paste information in to Pages, or, TextEdit.
>>
>> I use the dictionary, Keep track of dates for meetings with iCal and I use
>> the addressBook several times a day. I send and receive several pieces of
>> e-mail each day, read attached files and attach a few each day.
>>
>> I use the calculator, iChat for AIM voice chat and messages and Skype for
>> both as well.
>>
>> Well enough of work,
>>
>> I play with my MAC too.
>>
>> I record with the MAC using GarageBand. We have done 2 CD Projects this
>> year of 10 songs each and 3 other projects in the hopper.
>>
>> I do some audio editing with Amadeus Pro.
>>
>> I and my wife and 6 of our kids are amateur radio operators and I have a
>> great logging program to keep track of my contacts.
>>
>> I buy from iTunes nearly every week
>>
>> I much of the time have things I am searching for, or, watching on Ebay.
>>
>> I download from audible.com, I like books and I choose what I want to sync
>> to my iPhone.
>>
>> Now, let me see, did I leave out anything, well, maybe, but, lets hear from
>> you, what do you do with your MAC?
>>
>> Keith Reedy
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