Announcing a group for Mac users

lostinasia
August 03, 2008 at 03:05 AM posted in General Discussion

There's a new group called Mac users of ChinesePod; come and sign up if you're interested, and I'll try to remember to admit new members! (Note to ChinesePod: could you make admitting new members require less than, oh, the 20 or 30 clicks it now seems to take?).

I hope the group can provide an easy-to-search resource for Mac users. As an example, I seem to post details about how to type pinyin every six months or so, and now maybe things can be less confusing for new users.

Minor question: my subscription expires again in a couple of weeks, and I won't renew for a few weeks because I'll be traveling. Can non-subscribers still serve as gatekeepers? Can I give someone else the ability to do that?

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lostinasia
August 03, 2008 at 03:23 AM

A few conversations and posts, past and present, relevant for Mac users...

Just cross-posting so it won't get buried quite as fast: a conversation about Watching CCTV on a Mac.

Lots and lots of discussion about typing Chinese: Chinese IME - Tips, Tricks and Setup - What do you use? The thread starts off with Windows, but takes a digression into Macs in the middle.

About Chinese character input (I recommend QIM for Mac): Help! Mac Software to type chinese more convenient ????

Something about typing Chinese with Leopard, but I didn't pay much attention because I'm still with Tiger: Typing Pinyin using numbered input method on OS X Leopard (10.5)

From sparechange about flashcards and photoshop: Mac Photoshop Flashcard Trick

In the ChinesePod forum, about exporting vocabulary and audio to iFlash (a little dated, this one): Exporting vocab to iFlash (with audio)

Also in the ChinesePod forum: Newbie needs flashcard program for Mac