11/4/2019 Control Panal For The Mac
In this weeks edition of the Switching To A Mac series Damashe will explain the Windows Control Panel, and I will explain System Preferences on a Mac. This is where you will go on either platform to adjust your system settings which will hopefully make your computer run even better for you, so sit back and lets learn how to use the Windows Control Panel, and System Preferences on a mac. The Control Panel The main place for your basic Windows settings is the Control Panel. Among the settings found in the Control Panel are Display Settings, Sound Settings, Wi-Fi, and Fire Wall Settings. You may have hardware specific settings, depending on the manufacturer of your computer.
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The Control Panel can be accessed from the Start Menu by using the Search Field, or by arrowing through the Start Menu options. The Windows Control Panel also has two different layouts for viewing the options found here. The default view is called Category View, which has the different settings organized in by Windows designated categories. You also have the option to view the Control Panel in a grid of icons, that will be in alphabetical order. Using Shift+Tab, you can move to the view options to determine your layout. The button will be labeled with the currently selected layout.
Pressing the Space Bar or Enter key will open a menu with the options for categories, Large Icons or Small Icons. Select either Large or Small Icons will give you the full list of settings in alphabetical order, and categories of course gives you the category view. You can use the Control Panel to change your display settings, such as Desktop Wallpaper, Screen Brightness and Display Resolutions. Other settings found in the Control Panel include Task Bar and Start Menu, where you can customize these two menus, Wi-Fi settings, where you can connect to a wireless network and change wireless networks.
While the Control Panel is not the only way to access basic settings for Windows, it is the central location for changing all of the settings for controlling and customizing your Windows experience. System Preferences Just like the Control Panel on Windows, System Preferences on a Mac computer is where you will go to change or adjust some system wide settings on your Mac. There are a couple of different ways to get into System Preferences.
The first way is to go down into the Dock and then arrow over until you hear Voice Over say “System Preferences” and then press VO+Space and then System Preferences will open. Another way to open System Preferences is to do a Spotlight Search.
To do this just press the shortcut for doing a Spotlight Search which is Command+Space. Now simply begin to type out the word system. The Mac will give you some choices based on the letters that you have typed. Usually by the time you press the first three letters of the word system you will hear VO say “Top Hit System Preferences.” Once you hear this simply arrow down twice and you will hear VO say “System Preferences Application” Press VO+Space on this and you will go into the System Preferences area on your Mac. Now lets talk about what settings you can change with System Preferences.
Much like the Control Panel on a Windows computer, with System Preferences you can change or adjust the settings for such things as your Display, Desktop, Screen Saver, Internet Connection, and much more. As an example lets open System Preferences and then go into the settings for Accessibility. To do this open System Preferences and then interact with the Preference Pane and then move the VO cursor to Accessibility and then press VO+Space. From within the Accessibility System Preference window you can adjust several of the accessibility settings for your Mac. The first thing that you will hear is the Tool Bar. If you move the cursor to the right you will hear VO say “Accessibility Features Table.” This is a table with ten items for accessibility. These items include: Seeing,Display, Zoom,Voice over and many more.
To view the current setting for an item just interact with the table and then arrow down to the item that you wish to view, and then stop interacting with the table and then move the cursor to the information for the selected item. This information is right below the table. It is important to note that for some settings you may have to first unlock access to that setting. This is a security feature of the operating system. To unlock access for some settings just go to the bottom of the window and press VO+Space on the “Unlock To Make Changes” button.
After doing this you will need to type in your administration password which will unlock that setting that you are in. Remember to then re-lock that setting once you are finished making changes. So as you can now see their really are not many differences between the Windows Control Panel and System preferences on a Mac. Do you enjoy useful information such as this? Then you might also enjoy reading about some useful tips and tricks for using your iOS device or your Mac.
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Control panel for iAudioInterface2, the iOS / Mac audio interface from Studio Six Digital. IAudioInterface2 Control Panel allows you to adjust the settings on iAudioInterface2, including: - Input configuration, microphone and balanced line input, stereo line input, or microphone input and line output, in loopback mode. Microphone phantom power on or off - Microphone gain - Line input gain - Output mode, mono (left channel) balanced, or stereo - Enable or disable the output level control - Enable or disable the optical digital audio output - Upgrade the device firmware You can also store the settings in one of three Configurations, so that you can quickly restore them. Note that iAudioInterface2 Control Panel does not process audio, it only changes the hardware settings of iAudioInterface2. Control Panel also does not have to be open to use iAudioInterface2.
Nickname92829, A good start. The iAudioInterface and this app are great ideas. The problem is minor but confusing bugs in this app (as well as the AudioTools app) can cause unpredictable and confusing operation. Too often I’ve found the device+app not behaving as expected. Make settings in the app, and then be confused for a bit why the signals into or out of the iAudioInterface are not what I’m expecting to see. Eventually I figured out ways to work around the inconsistancy-inducing bugginess, but in summary: The behavior of a test system should be consistant, predictable, reliable behavior.
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A test instrument should not introduce more variables or bits of uncertainty into the testing process! The iAudioInterface2 is a great bit of kit, but the cleverness of the reconfigurablity of the inputs/outputs for different functions adds to the potential of confusing operation. Yes I appreciate the cleverness of its design, but it does introduce subtle operational issues as a result. In a perfect world, I’d like more dedicated connectors for various functions, but obviously that would increase the device’s size & expense. If nothing else, status LED’s showing what the device is configured for, such as “balanced mono out”, “2 ch. Unbalanced out”, “phantom power ON”, “gain', etc.
Would just be nice bits of confirmation that the hardware is set up as one expects. In the AudioTools environment one can move about between many different tests that may require differnt tweaks to the audio I/O, and visual reminders of the interface setup would just be another bit of polish to the system to provide speedy, less confusing, and confidence-inspiring operations. While Andrew Smith was initially responsive to my bug reporting, eventually he stopped responding to my concerns. The overall AudioTools experience has been great so it’s mystifying why this particular subset of the AudioTools family is so problematic. It just feels like this has not been a priority for StudioSix & AudioControls to resolve. (Note the last release of this app!) Andrew's groundbreaking work with AudioTools has been fantastic. AudioControls (the maker of the interface itself) makes great hardware.
I look forward to a more finished & polished system here, but until then these little bugs are just needlessly annoying and I ended up returning the interface. It’s the subtle stuff that makes the difference between good products and great ones, and in this situation it is frustrating to not be able to think of so much good work as full-blown amazing. But it’s their fault for setting my expectations so high!
Just don’t stop here. Nickname92829, A good start. The iAudioInterface and this app are great ideas. The problem is minor but confusing bugs in this app (as well as the AudioTools app) can cause unpredictable and confusing operation.
Too often I’ve found the device+app not behaving as expected. Make settings in the app, and then be confused for a bit why the signals into or out of the iAudioInterface are not what I’m expecting to see. Eventually I figured out ways to work around the inconsistancy-inducing bugginess, but in summary: The behavior of a test system should be consistant, predictable, reliable behavior. A test instrument should not introduce more variables or bits of uncertainty into the testing process! The iAudioInterface2 is a great bit of kit, but the cleverness of the reconfigurablity of the inputs/outputs for different functions adds to the potential of confusing operation. Yes I appreciate the cleverness of its design, but it does introduce subtle operational issues as a result. In a perfect world, I’d like more dedicated connectors for various functions, but obviously that would increase the device’s size & expense.
If nothing else, status LED’s showing what the device is configured for, such as “balanced mono out”, “2 ch. Unbalanced out”, “phantom power ON”, “gain', etc.
Would just be nice bits of confirmation that the hardware is set up as one expects. In the AudioTools environment one can move about between many different tests that may require differnt tweaks to the audio I/O, and visual reminders of the interface setup would just be another bit of polish to the system to provide speedy, less confusing, and confidence-inspiring operations. While Andrew Smith was initially responsive to my bug reporting, eventually he stopped responding to my concerns. The overall AudioTools experience has been great so it’s mystifying why this particular subset of the AudioTools family is so problematic. It just feels like this has not been a priority for StudioSix & AudioControls to resolve. (Note the last release of this app!) Andrew's groundbreaking work with AudioTools has been fantastic.
AudioControls (the maker of the interface itself) makes great hardware. I look forward to a more finished & polished system here, but until then these little bugs are just needlessly annoying and I ended up returning the interface. It’s the subtle stuff that makes the difference between good products and great ones, and in this situation it is frustrating to not be able to think of so much good work as full-blown amazing.
But it’s their fault for setting my expectations so high! Just don’t stop here.
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