[macvoiceover] Re: Lion is frustrating in 3 areas

  • From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:01:44 -0400

press command r and it will go right into recovery partition.

On Oct 17, 2011, at 7:57 AM, Tim Grady wrote:

Guess it depends, because that doesn't work on my machine.
On Oct 16, 2011, at 5:54 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman wrote:

> 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>
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