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> >>> 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 >> > > 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 >