I don't have a pen drive. On Nov 13, 2013, at 12:13 PM, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: Really? I’ve successfully installed on to a blank hard drive and hard drive partition, but I did use a bootable flash drive to do it. so try that way or you will spend 4 hours downloading the original os to make a bootable drive with mavericks on it see http://tffppodcast.com/listen for more instructions. the post title has the words "blog post,” in front of it as most of mine are podcasts. i go in to gory detail on how to do this. Actually wait I did manage to log in fine. I just hit vo f2 twice and got the system dialogue to log in with my apple id and password. Hth. On Nov 13, 2013, at 7:42 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It didn't. I've been here before and no matter what I try, I cannot get that > dialog to work. > > can I use another system to somehow install the os on this one? > > On Nov 13, 2013, at 10:38 AM, Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Try hitting vo fn f2 twice to bring up the window chooser and go to the log >> in thign whre yu can enter in your Apple ID and password. that might work. > > Good luck. > >> On Nov 13, 2013, at 7:04, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >> >> So, I have a blank drive, I'm in recovery hd and when I get to the login, vo >> will not work with it. >> >> -- >> Jonnie Appleseed >> With His >> Hands-On Technolog(eye)s >> touching the internet >> Reducing Technology's disabilities >> One Byte At a time >> >> ************ >> >> >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. >> >> >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to >> their list subscription is: >> >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind >> >> The list archive is located at >> >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ >> >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: >> >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > -- > Jonnie Appleseed > With His > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > touching the internet > Reducing Technology's disabilities > One Byte At a time > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to > their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Jonnie Appleseed With His Hands-On Technolog(eye)s touching the internet Reducing Technology's disabilities One Byte At a time ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx