Thanks, Simon. I do think I'll enable it. I've been meaning to, just haven't gotten around to it. Cheers, Donna > On Jun 10, 2017, at 12:57 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Hi Donna, > > File volt with encrypt your drive and when you get the log in prompt > You start vo with the command f5 then you should be by default on the users > box, I do the vo key shift down arrow and this box opens with the user names, > I arrow left / right to highlight the username I want > That is a vo key left / right > Then vo key spacebar on the username and get the password field enter my > password and I’m in, > > From then my mac is as normal for use. > It’s only when it’s locked file volt secures things. > > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin > Sent: Saturday, 10 June 2017 7:41 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Re: VO bug logging in with Filevolt enabled > > Hi all, > > I haven't used FileVault, but have been thinking about doing it for a while > now. So I have a question about John's post. Do you choose a username, or > is it assigned? If assigned, what do you have to enter, the entire file path > or just the name of that folder? > TIA, > Donna > On Jun 9, 2017, at 2:37 PM, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com > <mailto:kilbu...@me.com>> wrote: > > hi, > > Further to John's note, usually, VO is not active, nor available, at the > initial login screen when File Vault is enabled. You can press cmd-f5 to try > to turn on VO, you should get a single tone, at this point, as John > mentioned, just type your username and press return. If it accepts your > username, two tones will sound meaning that it's ready for your password. In > my case, once I start entering my password, a tone is sounded for each > key-press. After you finish the password, press return and you should hear > three tones if the password was accepted. Your Mac will then start up > normally. You can then log off and on with the normal login screen most of > the time, unless your machine is restarted or shutdown at which time you'll > hear the good old tone once again. > > HTH. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Jun 9, 2017, at 13:22, John Panarese <jpanar...@gmail.com > <mailto:jpanar...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > FileVault should work just fine. The login window is different though. Be > sure you press command-F5 to turn on VoiceOver. It will ask for your account > name, which is whatever the name is for your home folder is called. > Then, press enter and it will prompt you for your password. Type that and > hit enter. > > > Take Care > > John D. Panarese > Director > Mac for the Blind > Tel, (631) 724-4479 > Email, j...@macfortheblind.com <mailto:j...@macfortheblind.com> > Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com <http://www.macfortheblind.com/> > > APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL and Trainer > > AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE > > MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT > > > > On Jun 9, 2017, at 3:15 PM, Nickus de Vos <bigboy...@gmail.com > <mailto:bigboy...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi all > I got a new MacBook Pro today, a 2015 retina model running the latest version > of Mac OS Sierra. > > I can’t remember how I set up my iMac back in the day, but I do know that I > don’t have File volt encryption enabled on it. This time around I decided to > switch on Filevolt on my new MacBook Pro, but I came across a Voiceover bug > in doing so. > > When I restarted the machine where it asks for your password to log in, > voiceover gets stuck and no matter what you press or try, all it keeps saying > over and over is “username”. So basically I found it impossible to log in to > my Mac using voiceover, I had to get sighted assistance to get passed the log > in screen, luckily someone was on hand. > > I first thought I could simply enable automatic log in so that it doesn’t ask > for my password when starting up the machine, but turns out with File Volt > encryption enabled, you can’t enable automatic log in. > > For now I disabled File Volt to work around this issue, but I’d like to > enable it again if possible. 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