I told my husband and have this information that might be of use to those of you who have Macs There's a program (I think it come with a small backup dusk) That's called Time machine. here's briefly what it is/does; I'll get the tiny URl and add it here: *http://tinyurl.com/56wmec <http://tinyurl.com/56wmec>* On Tue, Sep 9, 2014 at 12:19 AM, Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Roger, I. too am very sorry. My heart goes out to you. I do hope someone > can tell you how to retrieve it. If it weren't something specific to blind > people, i.e., an ordinary computer, my husband might be able to help, but > I don't know anything about Open Book > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 12:46 PM, Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Oh, Roger, I'm so sorry. Hate to say it, but sometimes more haste and >> less speed works. If it had been me, I would have made sure OB had saved >> my file before doing anything else. I think I would probably have just >> saved and shut down. >> >> I'm so sorry you lost everything. It is indeed frustrating. Computers >> are great except when they don't work. They're very much like the little >> girl with the curl. "When she was good, she was very, very good, but when >> she was bad, she was horrid!" Hope tomorrow's a better day. >> >> Ann P. >> >> -- >> Ann K. Parsons >> Portal Tutoring >> EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx >> web site: http://www.portaltutoring.info >> Skype: Putertutor >> >> "All that is gold does not glitter, >> Not all those who wander are lost." >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list >> of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. >> >> >