Erik, You have a point there. He's just responded with a rather non-committal message that he knows things are not as they ought to but would not commit to any time table on improvements. I made a somewhat stronger point along the lines of being disappointed. But more than anything I don't want people to waste their money on it at present.
Andrew On 3 Nov 2013, at 21:24, [email protected] wrote: > Today's Topic Summary > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries/topics > > Disk Maker X [2 Updates] > Voiceover and Mailmate somewhat inaccessible [1 Update] > Disk Maker X > "wayne17a" <[email protected]> Nov 03 02:14PM -0500 > > Hello thank you for the command for making a boot drive for > mavericks but with the terminal command do I paste where it says start > command and end with end command or is the start sudo and the end is no > interaction or something like that sorry but this is all new to me as I have > had never opened the terminal before now so any advice please thanks in > advance > > > > > > Wayne cFrom: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Daniela Rubio > Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2013 5:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Disk Maker X > > > > Hello all! > > I hope I can help you with this, here you have a very easy way to create a > Bootable drive for Mavericks. Just, be sure to do exactly as it is and you > will be amazed on how nice it is. > > > > 1. Download the installer for the OS and when prompted to install, just > cancel the process. The installer will be an App on your Apps folder. > > > > 2. Rename the app exactly as: > > IM.app > > See that the name before the extension is in Capital letters. > > > > 3. Take a flash drive (8 GB minimum)and with Disk Utility, erase it and > leave it as Untitled. Erase the name during the formatting process, or just > do so with enter on it when you see it on your desktop. Make sure it is > totally erased, no data at all. > > > > 4. Go to Terminal inside your Utilities folder, open it and paste the > following command, making sure that there are not blanck lines or spaces in > what you select to copy. > > > > Start of command* > > > > sudo /Applications/IM.app/Contents/Resources/createinstallmedia --volume > /Volumes/Untitled --applicationpath /Applications/IM.app --nointeraction > > > > End of command* > > > > 5. Write your password if you are asked to enter it, and the creation > process will start. VoiceOver will read some things during it, and when it > is finished, just close Terminal. > > > > 6. You will see that now your Flash drive will be named as Maverick > installer or something like that. > > Ready, you now have your Booth-able drive to install the OS. > > The process is different, but you will magically get a great result without > having to use any other resources. > > Please let me know if this works. > > Hope it helps! > > Best > > > > Daniela Rubio T > > iPhone: +34662328507 > > > > > > > > El 30/10/2013, a las 22:13, BBS <[email protected]> escribió: > > > > > > Hi Daniel. Unfortunately, if you upgraded to Mavericks and you’re using Disk > Maker X, you’ll need sighted assistance because it’s not accessible. I > really hope that it’ll be fixed though. I already made my bootable drive > last night with sighted help like I said. Sorry. > > Shawn > Sent From My White Mac Book > > On Oct 30, 2013, at 2:34 PM, Daniel C <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi, > I was trying out Disk Maker X, now that I’ve upgraded to Mavericks, and it > says that it has no windows. I don’t seem to be able to quit it without > going to force quit. > How am I able to make a boot disk since Disk Maker X won’t work? > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. > > Joseph Norton <[email protected]> Nov 03 04:04PM -0500 > > Hi: > > I did some testing between Mavericks and Mountain lion and found that > DiskMaker X works properly with VoiceOver under Mountain Lion. For some > reason, it isn't working properly under Mavericks. This may be an issue to > report to the accessibility team at Apple. There are probably other programs > exhibiting this same behavior. > > Voiceover and Mailmate somewhat inaccessible > eric oyen <[email protected]> Nov 03 11:14AM -0700 > > well, > heres a rule of thumb: > if the project is open source AND donation requested, we (the end user) don't > have a lot of right to demand modification. However, a paid for project > (through sales, not donations) gives us the right to demand changes. Since he > sells this app, he can be made to improve it by simple monetary pressure to > change. THis is just a matter of simple economics (if he wants to sell more, > he has to make improvements). > > Its this credo that I use: Nothing so concentrates the mind of a developer > like losing revenues. > > -eric > > On Nov 3, 2013, at 8:46 AM, Andrew Lamanche wrote: > > > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. -- 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]. 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