It did work great. Thank you so much for listing the steps for me. I really appreciate it. On Feb 21, 2010, at 12:10 AM, Sara wrote: > No problem. Is it working well for you now? > I've never actually tried using the restore features with VO otherwise I'd > write a guide on that. > Sara > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole Hutchins" <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, February 20, 2010 4:38 PM > Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: setting up time machine > > > Thank you for your help Sarah. > > Nicole > On Feb 20, 2010, at 1:29 AM, Sara wrote: > >> Here's some info on using Time Machine. If you find any mistakes, please let >> me know and I will correct them. Perform the below steps at your own risk as >> I can't guarantee that I didn't make any mistakes. >> 1. Have your drive plugged in and turned on. >> 2. Press VO-M twice to get the TimeMachine menu. [I'm going to write TM >> instead of Time Machine from now on.] >> 3. Arrow down until you get to open TM preferences and press enter. >> 4. Once the window opens, navigate with VO left and right arrows until you >> find the change disk button. VO space on it. >> 5. You should get a dialogue with a table of disks. Interact with the table >> and VO right or left until you hear the name field and then up and down >> until you hear the name of your drive. >> 6. Stop interacting with the table and then VO right and left until you hear >> the table read out with the current selection and verify that it is the >> drive you intend to use. >> 7. VO space the use disk button. >> 8. Read the preferences screen and verify that TM is doing a backup. You >> might hear a count-down of how many seconds before it starts. >> 9. If you hear off or on buttons, those control TM's automatic backup >> settings. Press off to turn it off or on to turn it back on. Even if you >> turn it off, you can still do manually started backups. >> 10. I recommend leaving automatic backups on unless you have a good reason >> for turning them off and doing manually started backups. To do a manually >> started backup, VO-M twice and select Backup Now. >> Sara >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nicole Hutchins" <nkhutch86@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: <macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 2:02 PM >> Subject: [macvoiceover] setting up time machine >> >> >> Hi, >> Can anyone walk me through the process of setting up time machine? >> I have a hard drive and it's set up, but I don't know how to set up the >> preferences in time machine because voice over doesn't read everything to me. >> >> Thanks, Nicole> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >>> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >> >>> >>> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >>> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >>> >>> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >>> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> >>> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >>> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface >>> at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >>> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > >> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web interface >> at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >