hey, I would love it if you could put the steps down for resizing or anything to do with partitioning in voice-over. I have done some of it with external drives but internal is no go. thanks
Michael On 27 Jul 2014, at 6:23 am, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]> wrote: > I have to comment here that partitioning with voiceover is most certainly NOT > useless. I do it all the time with external drives and have done it with my > internal drive on occasion. I don't have time right now to write more, but it > involves how you interact and tab; it might be a bit challenging but it isn't > at all undoable with voiceover. It's much more tricky if you are resizing > though because (1) you can't resize in such a way to make your partition that > already has data on it too small to hold the data any more; (2) if you try to > resize and put in a text value this often won't be the exact figure that you > really need for resizing; and (3) if you actually have free space that isn't > even partitioned somewhere this makes it more complicated yet. However, it > definitely is possible to partition using voiceover and it gets easier the > more you do it. This includes writing your names in the title text fields too. > > >> -- >> Cheryl >> I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. >> I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! >> Then God gave me a new heart and life: >> His joy for my despairing tears! >> And now, every day: >> "This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: >> The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; >> his mercies never come to an end; >> they are new every morning; >> great is your faithfulness." >> (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) >> > > > On Jul 26, 2014, at 3:02 PM, Michael Marshall <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Partitioning with voice-over is useless. i think a lot more could be done to >> make the panels more accessible. take the resize control >> On 26 Jul 2014, at 10:28 pm, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I made sure to select the proper partition from the scroll area, and the >>> size did show up. The thing it, any value I enter in the size text field is >>> replaced by 8.34 no matter what. VO indicates that, in the scroll area, >>> there is a "resize control", but I can't figure out how that is supposed to >>> work. The options button is also dimmed for no apparent reason. >>> On Jul 26, 2014, at 1:32 AM, Barry Hadder <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Sounds like you don't have the partition in question selected. >>>> Interact with the scroll area containing the partitions and vo-space on >>>> the one you want. Then all the things you want should be enabled. >>>> Also note that unless it has been fixed, the installation does something >>>> strange to an existing partitioning scheme. After the install, all of >>>> your partitions may be contained in a logical partition of the same name >>>> as the Yosemite. Not to worry however as erasing the Yosemite partition >>>> will put everything back to normal. At least that has been my experience. >>>> >>>> On Jul 25, 2014, at 11:31 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I'm trying to test Yosemite, and I've been running it off an old thumb >>>> drive. Needless to say, I've hit serious lag issues that practically >>>> prevent me from using the system. I'd like to partition my (admittedly >>>> small) internal disk instead, so I've moved my Windows VM off for now, >>>> leaving me with what Finder tells me is about 19GB free. >>>> >>>> I opened up Disk utility and selected my internal disk, then hit the >>>> Partition tab, then Add. I did this same thing to the afore mentioned >>>> thumb drive, and it was a snap. Now, trying to do this on my internal >>>> disk, I'm getting odd behavior. >>>> >>>> * Despite having almost 19GB available, the new partition is stuck at >>>> 8.34GB and I can't change it. When I type a new size, it automatically >>>> reverts to 8.34 seconds later. >>>> * I can't open the options to check my table is correct because the button >>>> is dimmed. >>>> * I can't find a place to name the new partition. >>>> * The number of partitions (the popup menu) is dimmed. This is not a >>>> problem since the add/remove buttons work, but it was not dimmed when I >>>> partitioned my thumb drive. >>>> >>>> What am I missing? Do I need to shrink the existing partition? If so, I >>>> don't know that I can - I tried, but that seemed to make no difference. I >>>> don't know why this is so much harder than that thumb drive, but it's >>>> giving me no end of trouble for some reason. Can anyone offer any help? >>>> Thanks! >>>> -- >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex Hall >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> Barry Hadder >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex Hall >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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