Hey Mark, Thanks I think you nailed my situation exactly. Going to try what you suggested and if that fails then will get a sighted buddy over here. Thanks again for the explanation. Appreciate it. Best, > On Oct 16, 2015, at 8:05 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > Hello Brian, > > I'm not Chris but, as I understand your dilemma, the problem is that you have > not yet successfully booted into your USB drive. > > Normally, I recommend that a blind a low vision person, working alone, use > the Startup disk option located in the System Preferences, to subsequently > boot into the USB drive upon restart. However, it sounds as though you have > already erased the internal drive so this is not an option. > > Here's how it works: > > You must successfully boot into your USB drive in order to enable VoiceOver > via the key combo Command+F5. > > Do the following: > > While the Mac is powered off, hold down the Option key and keep it held down > until you hear the startup chime; after which, you may release the Option > key. At this point, you will see a list of all of your bootable devices, > connected to the Mac. If, as you say, your internal drive has been erased > and is therefore not bootable, it will not be listed. Understand that one > cannot use VoiceOver in order to select the drive, using this method. You may > use the arrow keys to highlight any of the items in the list but there is no > VoiceOver feedback. Once you select the drive you want, press the Enter key. > It may take as long as 5 minutes for the computer to boot into the USB key. > Once it does, you can then enable VoiceOver via the key combo Command+F5. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brian Fischler > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 4:52 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck > > Chris, > > > Just wanted to make sure I have this correct. Start the computer while > holding down the option key, then hit tab and enter? Is there only one thing > I am tabbing to? When do I try and turn VO back on? Thanks, >> On Oct 16, 2015, at 7:45 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland >> <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Don't arrow. That's your problem. You wanna hit the tab key when in the >> boot menu. Tab and shift tab. Don't arrow. >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Fischler" <brianfisch...@me.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 7:29 PM >> Subject: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck >> >> >> Hey all, >> >> So I started my roll back to Yosemite and am stuck. I was able to erase the >> El Crapitan from my hard drive but do not seem to get VO running when I try >> and boot up with my bootable USB Install Yosemite drive. Everything I have >> read says you have to restart your computer and hold the option screen to >> get to the screen with your bootable thumb drive on it. For some reason I am >> thinking this screen might not work with VO as I waited over an hour and >> could not get VO to turn on. Does anyone happen to know how to arrow without >> VO running to get your bootable disc to launch? If not, is there anyway to >> boot in to your drive using disk utility as I am back in disc utility but do >> not see anywhere I can do this and selecting reinstall OS and hitting >> continue just gives me a you are not connected to the internet error >> message. 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