I set the sound volume of my system up a bit so I could hear when voiceover
came on, first it was the system voice indicating the install was in progress,
then alex came on welcoming me to whatever.
There is no longer the apple sound when it boots, though this started for me
with sierra.
TF
On 27/09/2017, at 3:30 AM, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
All apps were closed. It may take an hour but I should have been able to get
voiceover. I don't think it actually ever rebooted but not sure. It's good to
hear it is working well for you and I am sure I will try again eventually.
On Sep 26, 2017, at 9:23 AM, Kelvin Falconer <tusciafalconer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
All open apps have to be closed, it took an hour or so, my machine is total
ssd and takes advantage of the new file system that high sierra provides.
So far I have found high sierra to be very quick and stable, more so than
sierra.
TF
On 27/09/2017, at 3:13 AM, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I don't want to start a panic or make people afraid to upgrade to High
Sierra but I just had a failed attempt last night. All I know at this point
is that I clicked the install button and the restart button - and sat and
sat and sat. I tried doing vo-f5 thinking that I would hear voiceover since
my computer was still running but there was no voice. I sat there waiting
for some time and even tried toggling voiceover on and off several times. I
even just about fell asleep waiting, probably did doze. Finally I had no
choice but to force the computer to turn off and then turn it on again.
Nothing came up, which is probably understandable. I put in my backup disk
and booted into that and found that my other drive still mounted and had a
Users folder and other folders that showed the installation must have been
at least begun but no system at all was now installed. It is important to
note that I was installing on an external drive because my hard drive has
been dead for some time but in all the installs I have done this has not
been an issue. Anyway I am now using superduper to copy my backup drive to
the drive on which I attempted to install, having erased it completely. I am
sure eventually I will try the upgrade again but it will probably be a
while. I know this can happen at any time but because this upgrade wasn't
billed as being such a major new release I somehow wasn't expecting a
problem. Again, I have done many, many installs - on my own and on other
people's computers - without a problem but I thought I should report this as
a reminder that caution and proper preparation of backup options is always
essential.
--
Cheryl
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