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 you should hear VoiceOver say "Home". If I know the folder I want to navigate to, I'll usually use Command-Shift-G for "Go to Folder" and then type in the folder name, but if I'm uncertain about the location, or simply think I might have made a typing error, I'll do it in steps, either by typing or by navigating through the directory. You can try either method. Best guess is that you typed in "Library/Preferences" and may not have started from your home folder. If so, when you use "Go to folder"(Command-Shift-G) and type in "Library/Preferences" (without the quotes) and press return, it won't find the folder. You can also try typing this in steps, by first going to the "Library" folder by using Command-Shift-G and typing "Library" and pressing return, and then pressing Command-Shift-G and typing "Preferences" and pressing return (no slashes in either name). Alternatively, try just navigating through the table (which is what I do the first time I explore files and folders) so that you can also use your arrow keys to explore content. I usually use Finder in list view mode for this, but this is an individual preference. Here's what I would do after bringing up a Finder window:
1. Press Command-Shift-H to go to the Home directory 2. (Optionally using Command-2 to set to list view mode, if this is not already set up for Finder) 3. Navigate (VO-Right Arrow) to the table and interact (VO-Shift-Down Arrow) 4. Press "l i" to navigate to "Library" 5. Press Command-Down Arrow to move into the Library folder 6. Press "p r" to navigate to "Preferences" (you'll probably encounter "PreferencePanes" first, so just arrow down from there) 7. Press Command-Down Arrow to move into the Preferences folder 8, Navigate to "com.apple.VoiceOver.plist" if you want to copy or delete this file. Preference files sometimes get set with odd values, which is why James suggested trashing the file. You could save a copy to your Desktop or other location. What happens when you next use the application is that a new preference file gets generated, but with default values. If you find that the preference file was not the source of your problems, you can always copy it back to this library, so that your previous preference values are saved. HTH. Write back if you have more questions. Cheers, Esther 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 stupid. > > >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 Voice Over's .plist files? You might want to save them >>> first though as this will set Voice Over back to its defaults. >>> >>> To do this: >>> 1. Open finder and navigate to your users folder >>> 2. Find the correct user(if there is more than one) >>> 3. Navigate to the Preferences folder which is inside the Library >>> folder and remove the apple.com.VoiceOver.plist files >>> >> >> A few suggestions: >> 1. To navigate to your user's folder, in Finder use Command-Shift-H >> to go to your user account's home directory (steps 1 and 2). >> 2. To navigate to the Preferences folder, type Command-Shift-G (for >> "Go to folder"); then, in the text area, type or paste in the folder >> name (with a slash before "Preferences"): >> Library/Preferences >> and press return. >> 3. The plist file for VoiceOver is named: >> com.apple.VoiceOver.plist >> >> Other VoiceOver related preference files have names like: >> com.apple.speech.prefs.plist >> com.apple.speech.synthesis.general.prefs.plist >> com.apple.speech.voice.prefs.plist >> com.apple.universalaccess.plist >> com.apple.VoiceOver.pronunciations.plist >> com.apple.VoiceOverUtility.plist >> >> HTH >> >> Cheers, >> >> Esther >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> > >-- > >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"MacVisionaries" group. >To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
