Olympus Sonority not working on Mac OSX and not available for download on any platform from Olympus downloads.

The issue is that Sonority will not work on Mac and the download for the file cannot be obtained from the Olympus Website. This has been confirmed with OM Digital that since Olympus have split their operations with OM Digital that the Sonority software is no longer supported or provided for the time being. The… Continue reading Olympus Sonority not working on Mac OSX and not available for download on any platform from Olympus downloads.

Olympus Sonority not allowing comments on files

Problem You cannot edit  the comments field in Olympus Sonority. Right clicking shows the Edit Comment option in grey and non selectable.  This also affects the icon for edit comment on the toolbar as well as navigating to it from the top menu (Tools -> Edit Comment). Solution This is a workaround. No permanent fix… Continue reading Olympus Sonority not allowing comments on files

“You have reached the max Index marks allowed.” on Olympus Dictaphone

Problem When indexing on the Dictaphone you get a message come up: “You have reached the max Index marks allowed.” Cause This is because with the DM650 model and below, you can only add up to 16 index marks per file. The DM670 and above are able to have 99 index marks per file (and possibly… Continue reading “You have reached the max Index marks allowed.” on Olympus Dictaphone

Sonority hangs on “Starting application”

Problem When you run Sonority on your Mac, the splash screen appears but hangs on the message “Starting application” with the progress bar filled up. Solution If the splash screen is still showing then click on it and press cmd + Q to quit Sonority. Eject the voice recorder from the computer. Run Sonority. It should load… Continue reading Sonority hangs on “Starting application”

Olympus Sonority wont download certain folders on a Mac

Problem When trying to download a folder in Olympus, the download dialog box pops up momenteraly, but no files are transferred. Solution Backup, delete and recreate the Sonority message folders by doing the following. Manually back up the files on the Dictaphone to a folder on your Mac. It should appear on your Desktop as… Continue reading Olympus Sonority wont download certain folders on a Mac