What happen to the ability to select text for speech?

What happen to the ability to highlight text and have the imac read the selected text out load back to you?

I am having this problem too, on mountain lion.
For example, before in Preview, you could select text to be read in text-to-speech. Now, this feature seemed to have just vanished! What happened?

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HT201066 Mountain Lion - QuickTime Player X -- What happened to the ability "to select what location (on your Mac) to save your screen recording when finished"

(It is also missing in the graphic which accompanies the text in this article:ht4024)
While the default behavior (file is saved locally in ~/Library/Containers/com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX/Data/Library/Autosave information/Unsaved QuickTime Player Document.qtpxcomposition) seems to work fine for users with mobile home directories, users with network home directories are unable to record on Mountain Lion machines.
I believe that by changing the default save location to a local writable space, we could avoid the issue, but the option to change the default save location seems to be missing.

Mar 19 10:00:18 machinename QuickTime Player[1061]: -[NSRemoteSavePanel _invalidatePBOXRemotePanelSession] : No reply from synchronous invalidation request. Cleaning up anyway.
Mar 19 10:00:42 machinename QuickTime Player[1061]: -[NSPersistentUIManager writeWindowSnapshot:length:width:height:bytesPerRow:toFile:inDirectory:encrypti ngWithKey:uuid:checksum:isUserWaitingImpatientlyForThisThingToFinish:]: write(fd, buffer, amountEncrypted) failed on line 2811: No such file or directory
Mar 19 10:00:59 machinename QuickTime Player[1061]: -[NSAlert alertWithError:] called with nil NSError. A generic error message will be displayed, but the user deserves better.
Mar 19 10:01:54 machinename QuickTime Player[1061]: -[NSAlert alertWithError:] called with nil NSError. A generic error message will be displayed, but the user deserves better.
Mar 19 10:01:56 machinename com.apple.launchd.peruser.2404[711] ([0x0-0x6a06a].com.apple.QuickTimePlayerX[1061]): Job appears to have crashed: Segmentation fault: 11

What happened to the pull down picture control for desktop pictures?

What happened to the pull down picture control for desktop pictures? Today as I was changing my desktop picture I saw the control that allows you to adjust the picture vannish!
Where did it go and how do I get it back?

Solved my own problem. From the finder I opened a picture that I wanted to use for my desktop with Firefox and from there I opened the Desktop and Screensaver preferences and the missing pulldown was back.
My theory of the problem is that I had selected the "Change Picture" box and that eliminated the picture adjustment pull-down menu and it didn't come back after deselecting the "Change Picture" box.

What happened to the 24/7 live chat for mobile me? I need help right now. Too complex for this. Crime involved., What happened to the 24/7 live chat for mobile me? I need help right now. Too complex for this. Crime involved.

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Hi Tmswrite,
Here is what you want to do to protect yourself and your device:
Find My iPhone Basics - Apple Support
iCloud: Find My iPhone overview
Here's some information on how the Activation Lock protects you:
Find My iPhone Activation Lock in iOS 7
Sorry for your troubles. Hope it turns out OK for you!
GB

What happened to the ability to hide the "marching ants" (CTRL/CMD H) in Photoshop? I cannot view the edges of my selection with the marching ants in the way!

I have been using Photoshop since version 2.5 when it came on 16 floppy disks. In all of the versions I've purchased over the years (many) up to CS3, I have always been able to use CTRL+H (Windows) or CMD+H (Mac) to hide the "marching ants" selection outline. This is immensely useful when making all sorts of adjustments where the edge of the selection must be viewed while "fiddling with the knobs" (so to speak). Without being able to hide the selection boundaries ("marching ants"), I often have to make a best guess, undo the selection, get bummed that the edge isn't what I want, then have to undo, reselect, try again... over and over. This is such a SIMPLE feature, but the lack of it is driving me crazy. I searched HELP, but it didn't live up to the promise. If there is a way to hide the marching ants, where is the menu item, and what is the shortcut?

You can assign Ctrl/Cmd H to hide Selection Edges (Edit > Keyboard Shortcuts) only, if you don't want to hide everything, but you will be warned if some other function has the shortcut.

What happened to the ability to sync Palm data?

I updated my Bberry desktop manager today and can't figure out how to sync my calendar, memo's and contacts from my Palm Tungsten C desktop. I rarely use my Palm for anything but storage of info these days, but I used to be able to sync it with my Blackberries. There's no option to add it when configuring.
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Thanks for your response! In PSE 7 you could print from the Editor workspace as well. A lot of times I don't want to save my edited version, I just want to print. Without the ability to print multiple photos from the Editor, it forces you to open photos, edit, save, go back from the Organizer and print from there (unless you want to use 1 sheet of paper for each photo). It doesn't seem like they would remove a useful feature from PSE 10. Any suggetions to print multiple photos per page from the Editor?

What happened to the 8800 GT upgrade cards for the first-gen Mac Pro?

I have a first-gen Mac Pro (System Profiler says model identifier is "MacPro2,1" which I think still makes it a first-gen model), and I was considering upgrading to the 8800 GT so I could take advantage of OpenCL, since the 7300 GT I have is not supported, according to Apple's page. ( http://www.apple.com/macosx/specs.html )
However, I can't seem to find the card anywhere on Apple's store site, or anywhere else, for that matter. Does anyone know what happened? Can I still buy the 8800 GT for my Mac Pro? If not, what OpenCL-compatible card can I upgrade to? Apple only seems to have the ATI X1900 XT in their store.
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ATI Radeon HD 4870 (Despite what Apple says, it works in any Mac Pro.)
<http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB999ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA5OQ&mco=NDE4NDMxOA>
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What happened to the ability to preview an Adobe doc in tile view in the folders?

I download a lot of PDF files for crafting and don't print them out until a time when I'm ready to do the project. I've got tons in my folder. I used to be able to see what the project was in the folder using the tile view but no longer. Now it only shows the Adobe Acrobat icon. I can't even preview it using the preview frame. I would like Adobe to go back to showing the preview so I don't have to go through and open and close evey single doc just to see what it is!
Is it clear what I'm asking?
64-bit, yes....why do people keep asking that? My computer is 4 1/2 years old so 64 bit has been out a LONGGGGG time and is pretty prevalent these days.

BUMP
Don't ya hate it when a company won't take questions from you but insists you use the public forums and then they don't bother to monitor them or reply to questions there!?!?!?!

In Ver 4.0, what happened to the drop down selections for previous windows for the current tab?

In the previous versions of Firefox, in any open tab that had multiple windows open, i. e. from a search where you would go to many different windows, there was a drop down selection to the right of the "back/forward" button that would let you select prior windows ... and always the first one. That is no longer there. It was extremely helpful and I used frequently. Can you add it?

You can get the drop down list by either right-clicking on the back/forward buttons, or holding down the left button until the list appears.
If you want the drop-down arrow you can add it with the Back/forward dropmarker add-on - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/backforward-dropmarker

I just re upped my one to one - what happened to the topic page selection ?

I just bought motion5 dropped another $99 on one to one and when I went to the topic page I couldn't find - motion 5, fcp, logic pro and aperature?
I have used these as references to prepare for my real time tutorials - It seems that it is harder to find these classes in the stores now. Where are the instructors and will they be back soon?

Transfer the purchases from the iPad 1 into iTunes and then sync the iPad 2 again.
Connect the iPad to the Mac, launch iTunes. Right click on the iPad under the devices heading and select Transfer Purchases. You can also select the iPad and then go to File>Transfer Purchases from the menu at the top.
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HT200194 What happened to the ability to have multiple prossesors running at the same time? I have 8 cpu's. I would like compressor to use more than one at a time.

The older compessor allows multiple cpus to run, to process footage.

You should find this article , which discusses the subject you raise, useful.
Russ

What happened to the ability to bookmark multiple tabs in one click? As far as I can tell, the new Firefox has dropped this option and now forces you to create a folder, individually bookmark every page and organize the bookmarks yourself.

Clean install of Firefox on clean install of Win7 x86. Previous bookmarks lost due to hdd crash. Trying to configure Firefox 4 like my previous Firefox 3 and finding it difficult. This was my favorite feature of the previous Firefox and I'm dismayed that it's either gone or well-hidden.

Some menu entries are hidden by default and only show up if you use the keyboard to open the menu. Bookmark All Tabs is one of them and you see that entry if you use Alt + B to open the Bookmarks menu. You can see the same if you use Alt + F to open the File menu instead of pressing Alt and click the menu entry.

What happened to the ability to open your bookmarks on the left hand side of the screen and scroll thru them like on IE?

In older versions of firefox, I could open the bookmarks on the left hand side of the screen, and they would stay open when i clicked on one of them, and i could use it to open multiple tabs. How do i do that in Firefox 5? I do not like the bookmark toolbar.

*It is still there use keyboard '''Ctrl + B''' (in Windows)
The bookmarks toolbar no longer displays by default & they seem to be encouraging use of the bookmarks button or bookmarks menu. The bookmarks sidebar is still available if you know the shortcut as above. There is also the bookmarks library, now under show all bookmarks, rather than organise/organize bookmarks. ( Also it is possible with a simple chrome command in the location bar to open the library as a tab enter
*chrome://browser/content/places/places.xul )
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What happened to the multiple pages in templates for Pages 5.5.1?

Since upgrading to Yosemite, the Pages templates only are showing 2 pages of pre-designed text and pictures, whereas prior to the upgrade, I would have 6 pages of options per template chosen. Am I missing something, or did Apple do away with these extra designed pages for templates?
Please note - I'm not referring to how many template options are available, but rather once I select a template (for example, the Journal template under newsletter), there are only 2 pages with space holders for pictures and text.
Thank you for the help!

The change happened with Pages 5 13 months ago.
Pages 5 has much fewer features (over 100 are missing) and can no longer use the multiple internal layouts.
Pages '09 should still be in your Applications/iWork folder, use that.
Peter

I think it is a shame for a company this large and world wide not to have live people to TALK to on the phone to help with issue instaed you have to type in to a computer . What happen to the personal touch and caring for your consumers it is SO frustrat

I don't understand why your company would not want to be customer freindly and helpful , If i wou;d have known there wwas no way of communicating with you other than typing i would not have purchased any of the ipod items we own . I think you should be ashame for your company for not adding a personal touch not every one is conputor savy and do make mistakes when typing but nno one in your company will help unless i chat online i don't always have time to do this and it makes me upset and angery when i have to talk to a computor instead of a live person I hanve talked to pple representive 2 were very freindly i was a complete A## and very rude i don,t understand how your company grows with bad attitueds and taking so long to respond back to you .I wish i could find another brand that did what the the ipod does andd i would toss mine for it .

First, please understand that you're not communicating with Apple when you post in these forums. Everyone here, with rare and limited exceptions, is just a fellow user.
If you want help directly from Apple with a technical problem with an iPod, you can either visit an Apple Store, if there's one near you, or you can call Apple tech support. You can find a list of phone numbers for Apple support for the various countries here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
If you are referring to problems with the iTunes Store, then as is common with most if not all download stores, Apple only provides technical support via email. I presume that they find it not to be cost-effective to provide phone support for such small purchases.
BTW, the forum you posted in, iTunes U, is for colleges and universities who provide content through the iTunes Store. For user questions about iTunes, use one of the general iTunes forums. If you want to comment to Apple, their feedback pages:
http://www.apple.com/feedback
Regards.

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