you don't need sighted assistance to do this, just turn on vo when the boot finishes. On Oct 13, 2011, at 11:37 PM, Russell Solowoniuk wrote: Hi Robin, That's a good idea… I'll try to do that when I have some sighted help around and will let you know how it goes. I wonder if this will cause problems with the new update that just came out? Thanks Russell On 2011-10-12, at 5:21 AM, Robin Kipp wrote: > Hi Russell, > how about you just reboot your Mac from the recovery partition that Lion > created (hold down the Option key while the Mac is booting up and selecting > the partition from the list of bootable drives, this step isn't accessible so > you might want to ask someone sighted for help). Then, you could start VO and > select the Reinstall Mac OS X Lion option from the menu. This won't erase > anything from your drive, it'll only repare your installation and check for > any corrupted files and such. Once the installation is completed, you will be > taken back to your usual system, so then you can check if your problems still > persist or if that solved some issues. > Btw, did you format your drive and then installed Lion when it came out, or > did you just upgrade? I first tried upgrading myself, but honestly, as I > found I was having too many issues and hick-ups, I did a format and install > later, backing up all my files beforehand and then putting them back in place > after the installation. > Hth! > Robin> >> Click on the link below to go to our homepage. >> http://www.icanworkthisthing.com >> >> Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. >> //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> >> Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to >> macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web >> interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >> > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > -- Jonnie Appleseed with his Hands-On Technolog(eye)s reducing technology's disabilities one byte at a time > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover >