OH cool! I'll have to play with it when I convert my older drive in to a time machine back up.
Thanks. On Sep 2, 2010, at 7:09 PM, Ray Foret Jr wrote: > That's correct. IF you take a look ast your backup disk, and if you go in to > each back up, what you find there is an exact image copy of your Mac primary > hard drive just as if you were looking at the actual hard disk itself. In > short, once you open each backup, you should be able to navigate to exactly > the files you want to recover by hand because everything will be in the very > same place on the backup that is was on your Mac's primary drive at the time > the bacup was made. > > > Sincerely, > The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! > > A Very Proud and Happy Mac User!!! > > E-Mail: > rforetjr at comcast dot net > Skype Name: > barefootedray > > On Sep 2, 2010, at 7:43 PM, Scott Howell wrote: > > Time Machine is actually accessible, but you can just go to the backup disk > and pull the content you want to recover and copy back to your machine. > > On Sep 2, 2010, at 7:45 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> It's taken my machine down but that was before I realized how to get around >> it with out a restart. All in all voice over is the best thing since sliced >> bread. As for the time machine restores don't you need to use your restore >> disk in order to restore? I mean your system disk? I would not know as I >> don't use time machine at all. >> >> S >> On Sep 2, 2010, at 3:44 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >> >>> Although you have some valid points, VoiceOver will improve and these >>> issues will be addressed. The big difference is that windows-based screen >>> readers have been around for quite a while, so admittedly they have a jump >>> on VoiceOver in some respects. However, what APple has accomplished in the >>> last five years is amazing. Give Apple five more years and I suspect >>> VoiceOver will exceed what the windows screen readers have done in the same >>> period of time. Of course you use what tools work best and no tool is >>> perfect. THe one thing I can say is that at least VO has not taken my >>> machine down and that alone makes me very happy. >>> On Sep 2, 2010, at 6:15 PM, William Windels wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> I want also to say something about this topic: >>>> >>>> Apple is doing great efforts to make their products accessible and macosx >>>> with voiceover is in global, working good. >>>> Also , the trackpad is a very nice feature that don't exist on windows >>>> computers for blind users. >>>> >>>> However, I have also some remarks: >>>> since 10.6, voiceover isn't that stable like in 10.5. >>>> Sometimes, voiceover is restarting while reading texts , I think because >>>> of some strange characters. >>>> But, this is not a big problem while comparing with windows and the >>>> screenreaders because they are also crashing sometimes. >>>> >>>> A bigger problem , in my opinion is that voiceover from apple is the only >>>> screenreader on the mac. >>>> >>>> I mean: since safari 5, the braille isn't working correctly in formfields. >>>> >>>> This problem can also happen of course on windows when a new release of a >>>> browser is installed but, on windows , there are at least 2 browsers that >>>> are fully supported by the most screenreaders: internet explorer, firefox >>>> and perhaps opera. >>>> >>>> firefox 4 (beta) isn't also accessible with voiceover after a first look. >>>> >>>> Also, the time-machine program, to restore e.g. a deleted folder from the >>>> past, isn't accessible with vo. >>>> The automatic backup system of timemachine works great! >>>> >>>> Pages, a great texteditor isn't also fully accessible : tables in pages >>>> are n't working with vo. >>>> >>>> The numbers application has not the same features as excel with a >>>> screenreader. >>>> Navigation in numbers is missing some important features. >>>> >>>> Also: the braille representation on the mac has not the same contort as on >>>> windows, I give 2 examples: >>>> The text on the brailledisplay isn't independent of the speech. so. in >>>> global, what the mac says, that will be shown on the braille display and >>>> revers. >>>> It makes it much more powerful if you can configure what to read in >>>> braille and what to hear. >>>> A second thing is the representation of controls on a braille display: >>>> They should give a option to configure how the representation of a radio >>>> button, a button, a dropbox/pull down menu, a checkbox, a link, should be >>>> shown on a braille display. >>>> The best solution here is to have language independent symbols for this >>>> kind of controls. >>>> Since some people have only a braille display of 12, 20 or 40 characters, >>>> it doesn't make sence to see only checkbox on your display. >>>> >>>> When I try to speak with other blind people about the mac and the included >>>> accessibility, the first question they ask is about particular programs >>>> they want to use. >>>> >>>> When I compare this about text processors, internet, spreadsheets , >>>> databases (ms access), powerpoints, chatting, listening to music..., not >>>> all of this tasks gives the same confort on a mac as on windows. >>>> >>>> Conclusion: I love the mac , osx is great but the accessibility is still >>>> a work in progress and, in my opinion, not at the same level of most >>>> windows screenreaders. >>>> >>>> >>>> best regards, >>>> William >>>> Op 2-sep-2010, om 22:47 heeft Mike Arrigo het volgende geschreven: >>>> >>>>> Just a few comments to add to this. First, I think gw-micro is a great >>>>> company and window eyes is a great product, I'm using it with my work >>>>> computer to write this message. With regard to supporting the web, at >>>>> this point at least, voiceover is actually ahead of window eyes, because >>>>> it handles the pages that change dinamicly. In window eyes, if a page >>>>> changes through something like java script, you must reload the browse >>>>> mode buffer. On the mac, as apple says, it just works. The new content is >>>>> available as you navigate the page. I know gw-micro is working on this, >>>>> and I'm sure once the work is done, it will work very well. Also, on a >>>>> mac, you can install a new version of the operating system completely and >>>>> totally without sighted assistance, with speech and or a braille display. >>>>> This cannot be done with windows. Of course, this is not the fault of >>>>> gw-micro, Microsoft gets the blame for that one, but I think it >>>>> demonstrates the commitment Apple has to accessibility. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. 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