Re: selection replaced, 0 items selected

2009-12-03 Thread Chris Hofstader
This subject line is driving me nuts as every time I hear it I think it is VO talking and not a subject for an email. On Dec 2, 2009, at 8:09 PM, carlene knight wrote: I must be doing something wrong. What do I type in the folder name? Library/preferences was not found. I feel really

selection replaced, 0 items selected

2009-12-02 Thread carlene knight
Hi: What would make my MacMini say selection replaced 0 items selected every few minutes? How would I go about fixing this problem because every time it does this Voiceover stops reading. If I'm doing something away from the computer, it drives me nuts after a while. I've relaunched Finder

Re: selection replaced, 0 items selected

2009-12-02 Thread James Nash
Hi carlene You wrote: What would make my MacMini say selection replaced 0 items selected every few minutes? How would I go about fixing this problem because every time it does this Voiceover stops reading. If I'm doing something away from the computer, it drives me nuts after a while

Re: selection replaced, 0 items selected

2009-12-02 Thread Richie Gardenhire
selection replaced 0 items selected every few minutes? How would I go about fixing this problem because every time it does this Voiceover stops reading. If I'm doing something away from the computer, it drives me nuts after a while. I've relaunched Finder which used to stop it, but now

Re: selection replaced, 0 items selected

2009-12-02 Thread carlene knight
been most helpful to me in situations such as this. Richie Gardenhire, Anchorage, Alaska. On Dec 2, 2009, at 10:09 AM, carlene knight wrote: Hi: What would make my MacMini say selection replaced 0 items selected every few minutes? How would I go about fixing this problem because

Re: selection replaced, 0 items selected

2009-12-02 Thread James Nash
: Hi carlene You wrote: What would make my MacMini say selection replaced 0 items selected every few minutes? How would I go about fixing this problem because every time it does this Voiceover stops reading. If I'm doing something away from the computer, it drives me nuts after a while

Re: selection replaced, 0 items selected

2009-12-02 Thread Esther
Hi Carlene and James, James Nash wrote: In my experience, this usually happens when you are either mounting or removing either an external HD or a DMG file. Have you tried trashing Voice Over's .plist files? You might want to save them first though as this will set Voice Over back to

Re: selection replaced, 0 items selected

2009-12-02 Thread carlene knight
thanks Esther. That will make things a bit easier. On Dec 2, 2009, at 11:49 AM, Esther wrote: Hi Carlene and James, James Nash wrote: In my experience, this usually happens when you are either mounting or removing either an external HD or a DMG file. Have you tried trashing

Re: selection replaced, 0 items selected

2009-12-02 Thread James Nash
Thank you Esther, Invaluable as always. I'd forgotten about the Go To Folder command as it is something I never sue. TC James On 2 Dec 2009, at 19:49, Esther wrote: Hi Carlene and James, James Nash wrote: In my experience, this usually happens when you are either mounting or

Re: selection replaced, 0 items selected

2009-12-02 Thread carlene knight
I must be doing something wrong. What do I type in the folder name? Library/preferences was not found. I feel really stupid. On Dec 2, 2009, at 11:49 AM, Esther wrote: Hi Carlene and James, James Nash wrote: In my experience, this usually happens when you are either mounting or

Re: selection replaced, 0 items selected

2009-12-02 Thread Esther
Hi Carlene, Don't be afraid to ask questions if you encounter problems; we usually know about them from personal experience when we got started (smile). First, when you started by using Finder, did you first press Command-Shift-H? That's the shortcut for navigating to your Home directory, and

Re: selection replaced, 0 items selected

2009-12-02 Thread Esther
Hi Carlene, Don't be afraid to ask questions if you encounter problems; we usually know about them from personal experience when we got started (smile). First, when you started by using Finder, did you first press Command-Shift-H? That's the shortcut for navigating to your Home directory, and

Re: selection replaced, 0 items selected

2009-12-02 Thread carlene knight
Hi: I can only find con.apple.voiceover3.local.plist but it looks to be a document. I only see a portable plist file. Could it have gotten renamed somehow? I see some with other suffixes. Maybe they got changed somehow in Snow Leopard. Thanks so much Esther. Perhaps we should work on