Jane.
I'm a little puzzled by your statement in the email starting this
particular thread, where you said the apple tech support guy didn't
know that vo doesn't come on the cds, only on the dvd.
Where did you get this idea, and have you verified this?
there are 4 cds, and only 1 dvd, so it looks to me like the whole os
is there, regardless of which medium you use for installing. I
myself installed from the dvds, but I'll try an install from the cds
to see if vo works if nobody else has done this. I see no reason why
this would be the case, osx is osx regardless of it's distribution
medium.
On Mar 9, 2006, at 8:37 AM, Jane Jordan (Gmail) wrote:
Hi there. Yes, I was able to to use VoiceOver throughout the
entire install. I had to turn it on after booting up the computer
with the first disc, then turn it on again after the computer
restarts so I would know when to insert that second disc. I was
able to follow what it was doing and everything. It was nice. I
probably will not need to call Apple Tech Support again (thank
heavens, unless I get the guy I had the first time).
Jane
On Mar 8, 2006, at 10:18 PM, John Gunn wrote:
Hi Jane:
I think the archive folder is called system archive or something
like that. Not sure of the location but believe it's in library.
I had to do this shortly I got my Ibook because Text Edit wasn't
in the Applications folder.
When I did this, I was pretty new to the Ibook but my wife who has
some sight was able to do the re-install and we were told 45
minutes but you know not. smile
My question, were you able to use Voiceover through the install?
Since I didn't have the Ibook that long, and knew everything was
working, the folder was roughly 5 gig and took around 10 minutes
to empty the trash.
John
On Mar 8, 2006, at 9:18 PM, Jane Jordan (Gmail) wrote:
Hi everyone.
I successfully completed an archive and re-install. KatiePlayer
is working. Mail is working. The script editor is working--
which was the main reason I wantedc to do this in the first place.
Now, what do I do with this folder that is somewhere on my hard
drive? Where is it, what is in it that I might need, and so on?
I didn't ask the tech support person. He was nice enough, but he
had no clue. I mean, he didn't even know for sure what VoiceOver
was, and he had a hard time telling me what I needed to do. So
anyhow, he said the install was supposed to only take 30 minutes
or so, but he *d88d not* tell me that I would be doing a restart
and putting in a second CD. Thankfully it was easy once I got
going and followed the instructions.
I apologize for ranting. I'm sure he tried. But it makes me
wonder: Do these tech support people get training in VoiceOver
at all? You get some that know all about it, and some (like this
one) who were shocked that you could only get VoiceOver if you
got the DVDs; it doesn't come on CD.
Anyhow, like I may have said before ... where is the folder,
what's in it, and what do I need to do?
Thanks for your assistance.
Jane
