When you use portable preferences on a flash drive, you have to first start VoiceOver on the target machine and after you insert the flash drive, you will be asked if you want to use the portable preferences on the drive. Provided you saved them successfully on your computer, those preferences should then load. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Jan 29, 2013, at 6:25 AM, john farina <farina1952@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello fellow list members, > I am looking at the option of using portable preferences in order to be able > to use a mac at one of the job sites I work at. I tried to follow the > directions within the quick start guide last evening without success. I > believe I was able to get the preferences to the flash drive but putting it > back in my machine did not make the changes I had set up for practice. Any > thoughts? > > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx