Well, shit

[mousme]

Firefox tells me I use that subject line a lot. Dunno what that says about me.

So the happy new external hard drive I got myself as a birthday present is already malfunctioning. COME ON!

It keeps "ejecting" itself, and now 90% of the time it doesn't register when I plug it in. Highly annoying, especially since I have a LOT of stuff on there, including new episodes of Supernatural

Bah, humbug.

I think that I ought to start looking into copying some of this stuff onto CDs or whatever. Trouble is, I have NO idea how to do that. :(


In related but less frustrating news, does anyone out there in LJ land know how I would go about recording an MP3 on my computer? I mean, a recording of my own voice. I'm thinking of a birthday present for my mother, and I'd love to be able to record something for her that I could either give her as a computer file or maybe burn to a disc, or something. I have no idea where to even begin, but I'd like to avoid the complication of a hand-held recorder which I would then have to somehow put onto the computer and... uh. Yeah.

Help?

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[mousme.livejournal.com]

I do have GarageBand. I poked at it, but can't seem to make it record stuff as an mp3. It insists on labelling everything ".band" which confuses me to no end.

If I ever have time off ever again, I will totally take you up on your offer. I may even eventually invest in something myself. :)

Thank you!

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

When it's recorded you need to export it to iTunes and open it as an mp3. Super easy; it's essentially just saving it and then opening it in a specific way in iTunes to listen to it, then saving it again. It took me an hour to figure it out. Now I am dangerous. :)

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Gnarr.

I spent a while poking at iTunes, but the "test" recording I make doesn't seem to want to open. How did you manage it?

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

In GarageBand, click on "Share", and then "Send Song to iTunes". This saves it in the Library in an iTunes open-able format. Open iTunes, then "Open File", then find your file. It will play it in iTunes. You probably need to Save As then select mp3 at this point; I can't remember. I"m rushed at the moment, so I'll check again for you tomorrow or Monday.