Hi,

Yes, for sure, it's always best to do the cmd-s prior to going away from any 
document.  They did have TextEdit and Pages set to do this automatically back 
in Lion, I think, but I don't trust that method anyway.

Later...

Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada

On Jun 6, 2014, at 12:13 PM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks Tim. So to clarify here, I do have it right that one should press 
> command s if you're in Pages and you want to make sure, before you quit for 
> the day, that you have saved your file so that the one you like is the latest 
> version? 
> 
> Gigi 
> 
> On Jun 6, 2014, at 12:49 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Not that this helps your situation at all, but, just a clarification for 
>> you.  Anything that is in iCloud, is also on your Mac already.  Therefore, 
>> moving those items out of the iCloud area does not specifically do anything 
>> profound, in fact, you're losing one backup location.
>> 
>> For example:
>> 
>> * File xyz.pages saved in iCloud resides off in Cyber Space, in 
>> /Users/YourAccount/Library/Mobile Document/blah blah blah, and in your Time 
>> Machine location if you use Time Machine.  Thus, three places to recover 
>> from.
>> * File abc.pages stored somewhere else on your Mac such as the Desktop, is 
>> in /Users/YourAccount/Desktop/abc.pages and in your Time Machine backup.  
>> So, only two locations.
>> 
>> Later...
>> 
>> Tim Kilburn
>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>> 
>> On Jun 6, 2014, at 10:57 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi guys 
>>> I have another request for testing when some of you get around to it. I 
>>> discovered a very bad bug in Pages having to do with the iPhone and iCloud. 
>>> Don't do what I did or you can lose your files or parts thereof that are 
>>> near and dear to you heart. Part of this is a VoiceOver issue, and part is 
>>> not. Here is the disaster I created for myself. 
>>> 
>>> Last night I worked on a Pages file until 10 o'clock. I failed to press 
>>> command s, and this turned out to be a very bad decision. I made an even 
>>> worse decision this morning. This file had two tables in it. I decided to 
>>> see if tables would ok on the iPhone; they work great on the Mac these 
>>> days. 
>>> 
>>> So, I fired up my iPhone in Pages. I was using the Focus 14 braille display 
>>> and discovered that I could get into a table, no prob, get into a cell, no 
>>> prob, but could not delete characters I wanted to take out with chord d. 
>>> Then in messing around somehow, and I still don't knowhow I did this, I 
>>> erased one of the tables. I tried to undo it, and it didn't work. 
>>> 
>>> So I went back to the Mac, and sure enough it was gone. Then I decided to 
>>> see if I could get an older version. That was when I found out that I 
>>> couldn't read with VoiceOver what my version choices were except for one, 
>>> the one at 8 o'clock yesterday evening. I was hoping I had a later one, so 
>>> I had to call that 877 number again so the lady with Apple could look at my 
>>> screen by helping me to move the mouse without VoiceOver saying a word. She 
>>> told me I had three choices, none of which were at 10 o'clock last night. 
>>> This meant I had to do two hours work over. I also moved all my Pages files 
>>> off the Cloud so I can use my Time Machine backup for disasters. 
>>> 
>>> Regards, 
>>> Gigi 
>>> 
>>> On Jun 6, 2014, at 6:09 AM, Devin Prater <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I agree, we should be able to ask that a part of the OS to be tested for 
>>>> accessibility. I for one hope airdrop is accessible. 
>>>> 
>>>> On Jun 5, 2014, at 22:31, "Littlefield, Tyler" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Please do reread his post. He didn't say "please tell me what you're 
>>>>> testing," he said "If you're a tester, please look at this if you can 
>>>>> because it was unaccessible last time." Which anyone could do with no 
>>>>> problems while not disclosing any information about the beta itself.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my windows machine: the only fully accessible system without a 
>>>>> vm!
>>>>> The constantly sock covered me: a very happy Windows, OSX and IPhone user!
>>>>> On 6/5/2014 10:44 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote:
>>>>>> Surely, as I believe you already know, Beta testers cannot tell what 
>>>>>> they are testing or what the results of those tests are.  This we say 
>>>>>> time and time and time again.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sent from my mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the 
>>>>>> blind built-in!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Sincerely,
>>>>>> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Jun 5, 2014, at 3:33 PM, Kawal Gucukoglu <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hello.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> For those who are beta testing at the moment or when ever testing, 
>>>>>>> please test the new I Cloud as before when iCloud came out it wasn't 
>>>>>>> very accessible.  In my Opinion, if Cloud Drive is coming out then 
>>>>>>> people may want to use it on the web especially if one wants to get at 
>>>>>>> a document as you'd want to do this on the web as well on an I phone 
>>>>>>> and a Mac.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thank you.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Kawal.
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