I would just like to point something out to Mark. I hope he does not mind.
Last week, I arraised my SSD drive on my I mac, and whilst there was nothing on it, I put my USB key in to the mac without choosing the start up disk in preferences. I then put the Mac on and after 3 or 4 minutes, pressed command F5 and I was in the menu of whether or not I wanted to install El Capitan. Thanks. Kawal. Sent from my iPhone > On 17 Oct 2015, at 1:12 a.m., M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote: > > Hello Brian, > > This is Mark. > > One can absolutely perform a clean install, without sighted assistance, > provided that they use the Startup Disk option located in the System > Preferences panel. > > The general order of things are as follows: > > 1. > While your Mac is booted up to it's normal finder Desktop, insert a USB key > containing the install of your preferred OS, into the Mac.. > > 2. > From the Apple menu, select System Preferences. > > 3. > Select Startup Disk. > > 4. > Now, select the USB key in which you want to boot when the computer restarts. > > 5. > Restart the Mac and it will boot directly into the USB key. > > 6. > Now, enable VoiceOver and you're good to go. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brian Fischler > Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 5:01 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Help with rolling back to Yosemite as I am stuck > > Chris then how do people say you can do this without sighted help? As I have > read people have been doing clean installs via a bootable usb drive with VO. > Thanks, >> On Oct 16, 2015, at 7:57 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland >> <clgillan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I cannot tell you if there is only one thing you're tabbing to, or how many >> times to do so. That depends on how many startup disk volumes are >> configured on your system. >> >> You do have the general idea correct though. >> >> As for when to turn on Voiceover, once the system boots, then turn it on. >> You may have to try several times, but eventually, it should come up. >> >> I hope you're not running into the same nightmare I ran into. >> >> Finally, I wound up having to reformat and just install from scratch with a >> bootable USB drive, and not run a disk backup image. >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Fischler" <brianfisch...@me.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Friday, October 16, 2015 7:52 PM >> 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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