Post by: loqi_recluse on July 21, 2003, 05:28:40 PM
This is kbeartx's daughter, for those of you who care. I have known about this site since the beginning, well sort of, and I have a problem that I'm hoping you may be able to give me some answers with. I really want to be able to download music off the internet, like everyone else in the world. But I can't find any software or downloads that work on macs, I know there has to be something for macs, it can't be that everybody can download music except for mac people. So, that is my plight, maybe somebody has advice for me. Thanks
Lorian
Post by: sluggo on July 21, 2003, 05:32:16 PM
Post by: kbeartx on July 21, 2003, 06:27:51 PM
To forestall some questions, she is using a 266 MHz G3 DT 384 MB RAM, running OS 8.6 and has a broadband (SBC-Yahoo DSL) internet connection.
I have tried Limewire on several occasions mice-elf (last time was about a year ago), but have never gotten it to work (that is, I did not find what I was looking for).
Here are some possibile explanations for this that occur to me:
- LimeWire's interface is so counter-intuitive that I might have been using it improperly
- the song(s) I was seeking were not sufficiently 'popular' among the LimeWire user 'population', so no-one had them, or the 'population' was just too small back then
- LimeWire basically sucked at the time (and maybe has improved in the interim?)
- LimeWire does not work well (or at all) with older OSes, such as 9.1 (which is what I've used for a few years)
That's my $.42!
- kbeartx
Post by: sluggo on July 21, 2003, 07:17:24 PM
I recently read about iMesh and Blubster, but after investigating found out that they of course were Windows only.
Post by: Diana on July 21, 2003, 07:18:39 PM
to TS... I'm not a music downloader, nor am I a Mac user...but the nice people here let me hang around feel a part of the group.. I'm sure you'll be welcomed by all too.see ya,
Post by: gmann on July 21, 2003, 07:37:02 PM
QUOTE(loqi_recluse @ Jul 21 2003, 3:28 PM)
Hello all
This is kbeartx's daughter, for those of you who care. I have known about this site since the beginning, well sort of, and I have a problem that I'm hoping you may be able to give me some answers with. I really want to be able to download music off the internet, like everyone else in the world. But I can't find any software or downloads that work on macs, I know there has to be something for macs, it can't be that everybody can download music except for mac people. So, that is my plight, maybe somebody has advice for me. Thanks
Lorian
This is kbeartx's daughter, for those of you who care. I have known about this site since the beginning, well sort of, and I have a problem that I'm hoping you may be able to give me some answers with. I really want to be able to download music off the internet, like everyone else in the world. But I can't find any software or downloads that work on macs, I know there has to be something for macs, it can't be that everybody can download music except for mac people. So, that is my plight, maybe somebody has advice for me. Thanks
Lorian
Anew one that a lot of people are going to is 'Poisened' you can find it here http://gottsilla.net/forums/index.php
Post by: RHPConsult on July 21, 2003, 07:38:07 PM
Grood Gracious! I pondered, could this be a first?
A Father, then Daughter, both in our little tent!
Ah, but Magpie and danF are a related "event"?
But, let's cheer, irrespective of who's first, and who's not
What's important - - right here - - are folks, with their "begots"
So welcome, Miss Kbear, have you a talent that's musical?
Or, will you aid your Olde Man as the Board's Grammer Oracle.
OK, so OK, these rhymes are a bit, just a bit, strained,
This is a quick welcome, which dodges most pain
I trust I succeeded in a warm, simple "Welcome!",
No elegy, no couplet, no sonnet, no anthem.
Happy to have you here, Lorian
Post by: Paddy on July 21, 2003, 08:22:52 PM
Hmmm...maybe you're going to have to persuade your Dad to upgrade your iMac and install OS X! A nice little OS X- only shareware app that I find MUCH easier to use than Limewire is Acquisition. You can get it here: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo...fo/macosx/15375. Another similar app (which is freeware, rather than shareware) is Poisoned. Again, it's for OS X only. It's search results seem to be a tad wacky - everything but the kitchen sink turns up, but if you don't mind doing a bit of a wade through the results, you can usually find things, possibly with more success than with Acquisition.
I haven't found OS 8.6/OS 9 equivalents, unfortunately. And Limewire gets dubbed "Lameware" by users at Versiontracker.
I know that any time I tried to use it, I gave up in frustration.
Post by: beacher on July 21, 2003, 08:23:32 PM
Lor-ian! There is an application out there called "neo", but I'm not sure what's going on with that; I used it with great success for awhile, and then stopped. Just for grins and giggles, I fired it up the other night, but everybody was refusing to connect. . .That may be because of the RIAA's recent actions. You might want to check this out:http://www.mp3downloadhq.com/index.asp?source=ov-kaza
Post by: pendragon on July 21, 2003, 08:39:48 PM
So indeed I am glad you to "meet" you and join the others in extending to you a most hearty
Harv
Post by: Gary S on July 21, 2003, 09:11:59 PM
Welcome!
Try this:
Kazza
Post by: kelly on July 21, 2003, 09:14:13 PM
A pleasure to have you here.
You should be proud of your Father.
He was a big part of making this site.
Of course. You may like him for other reasons. Or not.
I don't download music. But any other mac questions. Be glad to help.
Post by: danf63 on July 21, 2003, 09:20:37 PM
Dan
Post by: loqi_recluse on July 21, 2003, 09:30:51 PM
Much applause to your welcome poem, RHP, sorry, I don't know you're real name yet....if you have a real name....
And no I do not take after my father, grammar wise, sorry. But I do love music, if you want to know. I play guitar, and stuff. Oh well, I tried limewire, once again, and once again it didn't work. But thanks for all the help, I'll try those and report back later.
Thanks for your warm welcome!
Lorian
Post by: RHPConsult on July 21, 2003, 10:17:44 PM
Now, get your Dad to explain explain that!
Post by: Dreambird on July 21, 2003, 11:08:25 PM
I'm afraid I haven't done much music downloading since Napster went down the tubes... I miss that one... but I'll watch for something...
Boy I sure do hope... eeerrrrmmm RHP is not a figment of Pendragon's imagination!
Post by: Buck on July 21, 2003, 11:46:32 PM
Post by: Spartacus on July 22, 2003, 01:17:11 AM
However, a new software is available which I read is supposed to be very good. Since I don't download music I haven't tried it, but it's certainly worth a try. It's called "Poisoned" and the latest release is 0.3.
Here's the link:
http://www.gottsilla.net/software.php?site=poisoned
[Edit] I just read that it runs Kazaa, eDonkey, Gnutella parallely, which is pretty good, I think.
Post by: sluggo on July 22, 2003, 08:35:46 AM
Post by: cdub1988 on July 22, 2003, 08:35:53 AM
I used to use iSwipe from Hillman Minx for that kinda stuff when I needed it, since LimeWire was such a dog and all.
iSwipe points to OpenNap, Gnutella and other Web servers to locate stuff.
It's shareware, and the song selection was smaller, but it was worth it to me.
And the price for the app was pretty reasonable.
Hope that helps.
Chris
Post by: Mrious_be on July 22, 2003, 12:15:18 PM
I guess, like most people say, LimeWire is the best option for Mac.
I used it to at times, although it might look unstable, i never found anything that appeared to be better.
I don't want to sound like a grumpy person but euhm... well, i would say... try to measure the benefits to the downside when you like to download a music file.
I mean, maybe it's nicer to check family and friends first to see if they don't happen to own a cd from the bands you like, than ask the cd and import it on your mac with iTunes.
That way, you can see your friends more to... even when it's just cause they buzz the door bell to ask you the cd back, hehehe
Post by: Thomas S. England on July 22, 2003, 02:01:37 PM
Still, I would use it over Limewire anyday. It gets better with each new version, as opposed to Limewire, which has it's up & downs despite releasing soemthing every other day.
http://www.acquisitionx.com/
Post by: Peter on July 22, 2003, 02:36:30 PM
I have tried Drumbeat, and it seems somewhat slow, but what dosen't on a 28.8 connection?
I heard that Limewire works fairly good from friends, never have used it myself.
I'm more into recording off the radio (from a local, very clear station)
Good Luck
Peter
Post by: Paddy on July 22, 2003, 02:51:44 PM
) in your rush to get info out there seem to have forgotten that Lorian is using OS 8.6....the only suggestion which might work for her is iSwipe - Chris's suggestion.She can't get Limewire to work, and Poisoned (great as it is) and Acquisition (great as it is) are OS X only. iSwipe has only been tested under OS 9.1, so no guarantees according to the documentation:
http://www.hillmanminx.net/iswipe/faq.html (for ease of use, I've given you the direct link - he did his site in frames - so to get back to the home page go to www.hillmanminx.com )
Of course, upgrading to 9 might help too (this might be a considerably easier sell to DOD, Lorian, than the other route - a processor upgrade & OS X for the iMac!).
(DOD=Dear Old Dad)
Post by: LR827 on July 23, 2003, 01:08:46 PM
Well, I have a suggestion... Buy a used PC and download your little heart away! In truth, I don't know what I'm talking about -- never have downloaded any music. But my son has a PC purchased used in 1998, and he's got tons of homemade CD's.
Excuse me, I hear sirens outside, I have to go now...! Anyway, good luck!
Lorraine
Post by: Pascalin on July 23, 2003, 07:00:41 PM
Today waching The Screen Savers, They post the download of the Day: Poisoned.
you may whant to check here:
Good Luck
Post by: Mrious_be on July 24, 2003, 11:44:11 AM
Just today i found this poisoned software which is able to connect to multiple networks for downloads (Gnutella, KazAa).
Thought you might want to try it out.