Yes, You're right. Normally it in fact should be possible, if you do a full restore and are able to disable Find my iPhone OK. My memory got a bit clouded because last week I got myself into a state where DFU mode was the only way out. It's certainly useful to know about DFU mode in case that kind of thing occurs. Jonathan Mosen Mosen Consulting Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training http://Mosen.org
> On 17/06/2015, at 3:31 am, Brett C. <blindinnova...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was able to perform a downgrade from 8.4 back to 8.3 using option click, > without DFU. Do you have any idea why sometimes DEFU is necessary and other > instances it's not? > > >> On Jun 16, 2015, at 8:07 AM, Jonathan Mosen <jmo...@mosen.org >> <mailto:jmo...@mosen.org>> wrote: >> >> It is not necessary either to be in DFU mode or to press shift+Space on >> Restore in order to install a new iOS beta build. The only time one needs to >> go about this is when downgrading from a beta to a previous build. This is >> all covered in my Testing Testing audio presentation for those who are >> interested. >> The original poster has it correct, you can just Option-click the Check for >> Updates button, which brings up an open file dialog. And as has been said >> here by others, shift+Space on that button is a substitutes that works, in >> both Mac and Windows. >> Jonathan Mosen >> Mosen Consulting >> Blindness technology eBooks, tutorials and training >> http://Mosen.org <http://mosen.org/> >>> On 16/06/2015, at 11:28 pm, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:clgillan...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> What does that do by option clicking check for update? If you're trying to >>> put another version of I O S on your device, then you need to be option >>> clicking on the restore button, not the check for update button. And, make >>> sure before you do this, that your device is in DFU mode. >>> >>> Chris. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Mann" <w9...@me.com >>> <mailto:w9...@me.com>> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >>> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2015 3:00 PM >>> Subject: performing an option click on a control? >>> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> Has anybody ever been able to make option-click work on a control with >>> voiceover using the trackpad without having to turn off voiceover? >>> I’m trying to option-click the “check for update” button in iTunes. >>> Thanks >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >>> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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