Re: Computer will not boot
Hi, Glad we were able to help. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 15, 2014, at 5:21 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > Thanks, that worked. I'm writing this from the computer and am quite relieved. > > Thanks again for very valuable info. > > > Kristeen Hughes > khwi...@gmail.com > > > > On Oct 15, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Try holding down the FN key at the same time as you press the VO-f2-f2. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >> On Oct 15, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: >> >>> David, >>> Thank you for this information. I am on that screen right now. When I press >>> video F2 all I get is a short dang. Does it make a difference that I am >>> using a Bluetooth keyboard? Is there any way out of this? >>> >>> Kristeen Hughes >>> On Oct 15, 2014, at 8:50 AM, David Griffith wrote: OK this is a well known problem and there is an easy way out. 1. Bring up Window Chooser with VO F2 pressed twice. 2. Make sure you are on the sign in to App Store window. 3. Tab to the Apple ID field. You will probably get no feedbac but d not worry. 4. Hit VO command f5 to make sure you are focussed on this field. 5. Do a virtual mouse click with shift VO and space bar. 6. You should now be focussed in a completely accessible window where you can type in your ID and then tab to your password field and then tab to the default button to sign into the App Store. It should be plain sailing from there. David Griffith > On 15/10/2014 13:08, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > Thank you for all of the helpful information. I did go into recovery mode > and repair disk permissions. It took about 15 minutes. It did not help > the problem. I then went into recovery mode and chose to reinstall the > OS. I am now stuck at signing into the App Store. It has been on that > screen since about 11:30 last night. is there anything I can do to get > past that screen? > > Kristeen Hughes > >> On Oct 14, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Eileen Misrahi >> wrote: >> >> Hi Tim, >> >> Gee!!! Why didn't I think of that solution? Thanks for posting this. I >> do know that I needed to use the FN key to access some of the VO speech >> output. I'm still learning so much after a year of owning my MacBook >> Air. It's amazing that there are so many solutions or just one if you >> think out of the box. I know with time that I'll add more items to my >> bag of tricks when I need to troubleshoot. For now, I'll leave it up to >> the awesome experts on the list. Thanks again for the keystroke. >> >> Best, >> Eileen >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Concerning the raising of the volume in Recovery mode, you can often >>> press VO-cmd-left three times then VO-cmd-up a few times and the volume >>> will increase. This is a normal VO command that can be used most of >>> the time. The VO-cmd-left/right moves you through the Rate, Voice, >>> Intonation, Volume and Pitch and the VO-cmd-up/down changes those >>> levels on the fly. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: Hello, I can really feel your frustrations. Fortunately, my MacBook Air was an easy fix at the Apple Store today. One thing I want to add, when booting up into recovery or other dianostic modes on the computer, voiceover can be access with the command-F5. The voice is not Alex, but some other boyish voice, but at least there is accessibility to the information. The volume is low and it can't be increased. Just letting you know about this pointer. HTH. Good luck and you may need to contact Apple Care. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Rachel Feinberg > wrote: > > Hi Kristeen, > > I don't know if this is accessible, but in looking up keyboard > shortcuts for starting up a Mac if something's not working properly, > you can try holding down D at start up. It will start the apple > hardware test, which may tell you something about your drives if they > are connected. > Rachel. >> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Kristeen Hughes >> wrote: >> >> Earlier today I noticed that my computer could not see my two >> external drives which were connected via USB. I decided a reboot was >> in order, since most of the time this fixes that type of an issue. >>
Re: Computer will not boot
Thanks, that worked. I'm writing this from the computer and am quite relieved. Thanks again for very valuable info. Kristeen Hughes khwi...@gmail.com On Oct 15, 2014, at 12:33 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > Try holding down the FN key at the same time as you press the VO-f2-f2. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Oct 15, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > >> David, >> Thank you for this information. I am on that screen right now. When I press >> video F2 all I get is a short dang. Does it make a difference that I am >> using a Bluetooth keyboard? Is there any way out of this? >> >> Kristeen Hughes >> >>> On Oct 15, 2014, at 8:50 AM, David Griffith wrote: >>> >>> OK this is a well known problem and there is an easy way out. >>> >>> 1. Bring up Window Chooser with VO F2 pressed twice. >>> 2. Make sure you are on the sign in to App Store window. >>> 3. Tab to the Apple ID field. >>> You will probably get no feedbac but d not worry. >>> 4. Hit VO command f5 to make sure you are focussed on this field. >>> 5. Do a virtual mouse click with shift VO and space bar. >>> 6. You should now be focussed in a completely accessible window where you >>> can type in your ID and then tab to your password field and then tab to the >>> default button to sign into the App Store. >>> It should be plain sailing from there. >>> David Griffith On 15/10/2014 13:08, Kristeen Hughes wrote: Thank you for all of the helpful information. I did go into recovery mode and repair disk permissions. It took about 15 minutes. It did not help the problem. I then went into recovery mode and chose to reinstall the OS. I am now stuck at signing into the App Store. It has been on that screen since about 11:30 last night. is there anything I can do to get past that screen? Kristeen Hughes > On Oct 14, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Eileen Misrahi > wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > Gee!!! Why didn't I think of that solution? Thanks for posting this. I do > know that I needed to use the FN key to access some of the VO speech > output. I'm still learning so much after a year of owning my MacBook Air. > It's amazing that there are so many solutions or just one if you think > out of the box. I know with time that I'll add more items to my bag of > tricks when I need to troubleshoot. For now, I'll leave it up to the > awesome experts on the list. Thanks again for the keystroke. > > Best, > Eileen > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Concerning the raising of the volume in Recovery mode, you can often >> press VO-cmd-left three times then VO-cmd-up a few times and the volume >> will increase. This is a normal VO command that can be used most of the >> time. The VO-cmd-left/right moves you through the Rate, Voice, >> Intonation, Volume and Pitch and the VO-cmd-up/down changes those levels >> on the fly. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Eileen Misrahi >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I can really feel your frustrations. Fortunately, my MacBook Air was an >>> easy fix at the Apple Store today. One thing I want to add, when >>> booting up into recovery or other dianostic modes on the computer, >>> voiceover can be access with the command-F5. The voice is not Alex, but >>> some other boyish voice, but at least there is accessibility to the >>> information. The volume is low and it can't be increased. Just letting >>> you know about this pointer. HTH. Good luck and you may need to contact >>> Apple Care. >>> >>> Best, >>> Eileen >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: Hi Kristeen, I don't know if this is accessible, but in looking up keyboard shortcuts for starting up a Mac if something's not working properly, you can try holding down D at start up. It will start the apple hardware test, which may tell you something about your drives if they are connected. Rachel. > On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Kristeen Hughes > wrote: > > Earlier today I noticed that my computer could not see my two > external drives which were connected via USB. I decided a reboot was > in order, since most of the time this fixes that type of an issue. > There was no voice over when the computer restarted. I was unable to > tell whether the computer booted all the way or not because of having > no speech. I tried rebooting several more times, but the result was > still the same.I disconnected all
Re: Computer will not boot
Hi, Try holding down the FN key at the same time as you press the VO-f2-f2. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 15, 2014, at 10:07 AM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > David, > Thank you for this information. I am on that screen right now. When I press > video F2 all I get is a short dang. Does it make a difference that I am using > a Bluetooth keyboard? Is there any way out of this? > > Kristeen Hughes > >> On Oct 15, 2014, at 8:50 AM, David Griffith wrote: >> >> OK this is a well known problem and there is an easy way out. >> >> 1. Bring up Window Chooser with VO F2 pressed twice. >> 2. Make sure you are on the sign in to App Store window. >> 3. Tab to the Apple ID field. >> You will probably get no feedbac but d not worry. >> 4. Hit VO command f5 to make sure you are focussed on this field. >> 5. Do a virtual mouse click with shift VO and space bar. >> 6. You should now be focussed in a completely accessible window where you >> can type in your ID and then tab to your password field and then tab to the >> default button to sign into the App Store. >> It should be plain sailing from there. >> David Griffith >>> On 15/10/2014 13:08, Kristeen Hughes wrote: >>> Thank you for all of the helpful information. I did go into recovery mode >>> and repair disk permissions. It took about 15 minutes. It did not help the >>> problem. I then went into recovery mode and chose to reinstall the OS. I am >>> now stuck at signing into the App Store. It has been on that screen since >>> about 11:30 last night. is there anything I can do to get past that screen? >>> >>> Kristeen Hughes >>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: Hi Tim, Gee!!! Why didn't I think of that solution? Thanks for posting this. I do know that I needed to use the FN key to access some of the VO speech output. I'm still learning so much after a year of owning my MacBook Air. It's amazing that there are so many solutions or just one if you think out of the box. I know with time that I'll add more items to my bag of tricks when I need to troubleshoot. For now, I'll leave it up to the awesome experts on the list. Thanks again for the keystroke. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > Concerning the raising of the volume in Recovery mode, you can often > press VO-cmd-left three times then VO-cmd-up a few times and the volume > will increase. This is a normal VO command that can be used most of the > time. The VO-cmd-left/right moves you through the Rate, Voice, > Intonation, Volume and Pitch and the VO-cmd-up/down changes those levels > on the fly. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Eileen Misrahi >> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I can really feel your frustrations. Fortunately, my MacBook Air was an >> easy fix at the Apple Store today. One thing I want to add, when booting >> up into recovery or other dianostic modes on the computer, voiceover can >> be access with the command-F5. The voice is not Alex, but some other >> boyish voice, but at least there is accessibility to the information. >> The volume is low and it can't be increased. Just letting you know about >> this pointer. HTH. Good luck and you may need to contact Apple Care. >> >> Best, >> Eileen >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Rachel Feinberg >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Kristeen, >>> >>> I don't know if this is accessible, but in looking up keyboard >>> shortcuts for starting up a Mac if something's not working properly, >>> you can try holding down D at start up. It will start the apple >>> hardware test, which may tell you something about your drives if they >>> are connected. >>> Rachel. On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: Earlier today I noticed that my computer could not see my two external drives which were connected via USB. I decided a reboot was in order, since most of the time this fixes that type of an issue. There was no voice over when the computer restarted. I was unable to tell whether the computer booted all the way or not because of having no speech. I tried rebooting several more times, but the result was still the same.I disconnected all peripherals, and was able to boot into recovery mode. I went into disk utilities and repaired the disk. There seemed to be no problem with the disc. The computer will still not reboot. Is there anything else I can try in recovery mode? Is there any other way I can reboot the computer that will giv
Re: Computer will not boot
David, Thank you for this information. I am on that screen right now. When I press video F2 all I get is a short dang. Does it make a difference that I am using a Bluetooth keyboard? Is there any way out of this? Kristeen Hughes > On Oct 15, 2014, at 8:50 AM, David Griffith wrote: > > OK this is a well known problem and there is an easy way out. > > 1. Bring up Window Chooser with VO F2 pressed twice. > 2. Make sure you are on the sign in to App Store window. > 3. Tab to the Apple ID field. > You will probably get no feedbac but d not worry. > 4. Hit VO command f5 to make sure you are focussed on this field. > 5. Do a virtual mouse click with shift VO and space bar. > 6. You should now be focussed in a completely accessible window where you can > type in your ID and then tab to your password field and then tab to the > default button to sign into the App Store. > It should be plain sailing from there. > David Griffith >> On 15/10/2014 13:08, Kristeen Hughes wrote: >> Thank you for all of the helpful information. I did go into recovery mode >> and repair disk permissions. It took about 15 minutes. It did not help the >> problem. I then went into recovery mode and chose to reinstall the OS. I am >> now stuck at signing into the App Store. It has been on that screen since >> about 11:30 last night. is there anything I can do to get past that screen? >> >> Kristeen Hughes >> >>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Eileen Misrahi >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Tim, >>> >>> Gee!!! Why didn't I think of that solution? Thanks for posting this. I do >>> know that I needed to use the FN key to access some of the VO speech >>> output. I'm still learning so much after a year of owning my MacBook Air. >>> It's amazing that there are so many solutions or just one if you think out >>> of the box. I know with time that I'll add more items to my bag of tricks >>> when I need to troubleshoot. For now, I'll leave it up to the awesome >>> experts on the list. Thanks again for the keystroke. >>> >>> Best, >>> Eileen >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, Concerning the raising of the volume in Recovery mode, you can often press VO-cmd-left three times then VO-cmd-up a few times and the volume will increase. This is a normal VO command that can be used most of the time. The VO-cmd-left/right moves you through the Rate, Voice, Intonation, Volume and Pitch and the VO-cmd-up/down changes those levels on the fly. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Eileen Misrahi > wrote: > > Hello, > > I can really feel your frustrations. Fortunately, my MacBook Air was an > easy fix at the Apple Store today. One thing I want to add, when booting > up into recovery or other dianostic modes on the computer, voiceover can > be access with the command-F5. The voice is not Alex, but some other > boyish voice, but at least there is accessibility to the information. The > volume is low and it can't be increased. Just letting you know about this > pointer. HTH. Good luck and you may need to contact Apple Care. > > Best, > Eileen > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: >> >> Hi Kristeen, >> >> I don't know if this is accessible, but in looking up keyboard shortcuts >> for starting up a Mac if something's not working properly, you can try >> holding down D at start up. It will start the apple hardware test, which >> may tell you something about your drives if they are connected. >> Rachel. >>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: >>> >>> Earlier today I noticed that my computer could not see my two external >>> drives which were connected via USB. I decided a reboot was in order, >>> since most of the time this fixes that type of an issue. There was no >>> voice over when the computer restarted. I was unable to tell whether >>> the computer booted all the way or not because of having no speech. I >>> tried rebooting several more times, but the result was still the same.I >>> disconnected all peripherals, and was able to boot into recovery mode. >>> I went into disk utilities and repaired the disk. There seemed to be no >>> problem with the disc. The computer will still not reboot. >>> >>> Is there anything else I can try in recovery mode? Is there any other >>> way I can reboot the computer that will give me other diagnostic tools? >>> Thank you for any help anyone can provide. >>> >>> Kristeen Hughes >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send
Re: Computer will not boot
OK this is a well known problem and there is an easy way out. 1. Bring up Window Chooser with VO F2 pressed twice. 2. Make sure you are on the sign in to App Store window. 3. Tab to the Apple ID field. You will probably get no feedbac but d not worry. 4. Hit VO command f5 to make sure you are focussed on this field. 5. Do a virtual mouse click with shift VO and space bar. 6. You should now be focussed in a completely accessible window where you can type in your ID and then tab to your password field and then tab to the default button to sign into the App Store. It should be plain sailing from there. David Griffith On 15/10/2014 13:08, Kristeen Hughes wrote: Thank you for all of the helpful information. I did go into recovery mode and repair disk permissions. It took about 15 minutes. It did not help the problem. I then went into recovery mode and chose to reinstall the OS. I am now stuck at signing into the App Store. It has been on that screen since about 11:30 last night. is there anything I can do to get past that screen? Kristeen Hughes On Oct 14, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: Hi Tim, Gee!!! Why didn't I think of that solution? Thanks for posting this. I do know that I needed to use the FN key to access some of the VO speech output. I'm still learning so much after a year of owning my MacBook Air. It's amazing that there are so many solutions or just one if you think out of the box. I know with time that I'll add more items to my bag of tricks when I need to troubleshoot. For now, I'll leave it up to the awesome experts on the list. Thanks again for the keystroke. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, Concerning the raising of the volume in Recovery mode, you can often press VO-cmd-left three times then VO-cmd-up a few times and the volume will increase. This is a normal VO command that can be used most of the time. The VO-cmd-left/right moves you through the Rate, Voice, Intonation, Volume and Pitch and the VO-cmd-up/down changes those levels on the fly. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: Hello, I can really feel your frustrations. Fortunately, my MacBook Air was an easy fix at the Apple Store today. One thing I want to add, when booting up into recovery or other dianostic modes on the computer, voiceover can be access with the command-F5. The voice is not Alex, but some other boyish voice, but at least there is accessibility to the information. The volume is low and it can't be increased. Just letting you know about this pointer. HTH. Good luck and you may need to contact Apple Care. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: Hi Kristeen, I don't know if this is accessible, but in looking up keyboard shortcuts for starting up a Mac if something's not working properly, you can try holding down D at start up. It will start the apple hardware test, which may tell you something about your drives if they are connected. Rachel. On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: Earlier today I noticed that my computer could not see my two external drives which were connected via USB. I decided a reboot was in order, since most of the time this fixes that type of an issue. There was no voice over when the computer restarted. I was unable to tell whether the computer booted all the way or not because of having no speech. I tried rebooting several more times, but the result was still the same.I disconnected all peripherals, and was able to boot into recovery mode. I went into disk utilities and repaired the disk. There seemed to be no problem with the disc. The computer will still not reboot. Is there anything else I can try in recovery mode? Is there any other way I can reboot the computer that will give me other diagnostic tools? Thank you for any help anyone can provide. Kristeen Hughes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop recei
Re: Computer will not boot
Thank you for all of the helpful information. I did go into recovery mode and repair disk permissions. It took about 15 minutes. It did not help the problem. I then went into recovery mode and chose to reinstall the OS. I am now stuck at signing into the App Store. It has been on that screen since about 11:30 last night. is there anything I can do to get past that screen? Kristeen Hughes > On Oct 14, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > Gee!!! Why didn't I think of that solution? Thanks for posting this. I do > know that I needed to use the FN key to access some of the VO speech output. > I'm still learning so much after a year of owning my MacBook Air. It's > amazing that there are so many solutions or just one if you think out of the > box. I know with time that I'll add more items to my bag of tricks when I > need to troubleshoot. For now, I'll leave it up to the awesome experts on the > list. Thanks again for the keystroke. > > Best, > Eileen > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Concerning the raising of the volume in Recovery mode, you can often press >> VO-cmd-left three times then VO-cmd-up a few times and the volume will >> increase. This is a normal VO command that can be used most of the time. >> The VO-cmd-left/right moves you through the Rate, Voice, Intonation, Volume >> and Pitch and the VO-cmd-up/down changes those levels on the fly. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Eileen Misrahi >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I can really feel your frustrations. Fortunately, my MacBook Air was an >>> easy fix at the Apple Store today. One thing I want to add, when booting up >>> into recovery or other dianostic modes on the computer, voiceover can be >>> access with the command-F5. The voice is not Alex, but some other boyish >>> voice, but at least there is accessibility to the information. The volume >>> is low and it can't be increased. Just letting you know about this pointer. >>> HTH. Good luck and you may need to contact Apple Care. >>> >>> Best, >>> Eileen >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: Hi Kristeen, I don't know if this is accessible, but in looking up keyboard shortcuts for starting up a Mac if something's not working properly, you can try holding down D at start up. It will start the apple hardware test, which may tell you something about your drives if they are connected. Rachel. > On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > > Earlier today I noticed that my computer could not see my two external > drives which were connected via USB. I decided a reboot was in order, > since most of the time this fixes that type of an issue. There was no > voice over when the computer restarted. I was unable to tell whether the > computer booted all the way or not because of having no speech. I tried > rebooting several more times, but the result was still the same.I > disconnected all peripherals, and was able to boot into recovery mode. I > went into disk utilities and repaired the disk. There seemed to be no > problem with the disc. The computer will still not reboot. > > Is there anything else I can try in recovery mode? Is there any other way > I can reboot the computer that will give me other diagnostic tools? Thank > you for any help anyone can provide. > > Kristeen Hughes > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, v
Re: Computer will not boot
Hi Tim, Gee!!! Why didn't I think of that solution? Thanks for posting this. I do know that I needed to use the FN key to access some of the VO speech output. I'm still learning so much after a year of owning my MacBook Air. It's amazing that there are so many solutions or just one if you think out of the box. I know with time that I'll add more items to my bag of tricks when I need to troubleshoot. For now, I'll leave it up to the awesome experts on the list. Thanks again for the keystroke. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Tim Kilburn wrote: > > Hi, > > Concerning the raising of the volume in Recovery mode, you can often press > VO-cmd-left three times then VO-cmd-up a few times and the volume will > increase. This is a normal VO command that can be used most of the time. > The VO-cmd-left/right moves you through the Rate, Voice, Intonation, Volume > and Pitch and the VO-cmd-up/down changes those levels on the fly. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > >> On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> I can really feel your frustrations. Fortunately, my MacBook Air was an easy >> fix at the Apple Store today. One thing I want to add, when booting up into >> recovery or other dianostic modes on the computer, voiceover can be access >> with the command-F5. The voice is not Alex, but some other boyish voice, but >> at least there is accessibility to the information. The volume is low and it >> can't be increased. Just letting you know about this pointer. HTH. Good luck >> and you may need to contact Apple Care. >> >> Best, >> Eileen >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: >>> >>> Hi Kristeen, >>> >>> I don't know if this is accessible, but in looking up keyboard shortcuts >>> for starting up a Mac if something's not working properly, you can try >>> holding down D at start up. It will start the apple hardware test, which >>> may tell you something about your drives if they are connected. >>> Rachel. On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: Earlier today I noticed that my computer could not see my two external drives which were connected via USB. I decided a reboot was in order, since most of the time this fixes that type of an issue. There was no voice over when the computer restarted. I was unable to tell whether the computer booted all the way or not because of having no speech. I tried rebooting several more times, but the result was still the same.I disconnected all peripherals, and was able to boot into recovery mode. I went into disk utilities and repaired the disk. There seemed to be no problem with the disc. The computer will still not reboot. Is there anything else I can try in recovery mode? Is there any other way I can reboot the computer that will give me other diagnostic tools? Thank you for any help anyone can provide. Kristeen Hughes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVi
Re: Computer will not boot
Hi, Concerning the raising of the volume in Recovery mode, you can often press VO-cmd-left three times then VO-cmd-up a few times and the volume will increase. This is a normal VO command that can be used most of the time. The VO-cmd-left/right moves you through the Rate, Voice, Intonation, Volume and Pitch and the VO-cmd-up/down changes those levels on the fly. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Eileen Misrahi wrote: > Hello, > > I can really feel your frustrations. Fortunately, my MacBook Air was an easy > fix at the Apple Store today. One thing I want to add, when booting up into > recovery or other dianostic modes on the computer, voiceover can be access > with the command-F5. The voice is not Alex, but some other boyish voice, but > at least there is accessibility to the information. The volume is low and it > can't be increased. Just letting you know about this pointer. HTH. Good luck > and you may need to contact Apple Care. > > Best, > Eileen > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: >> >> Hi Kristeen, >> >> I don't know if this is accessible, but in looking up keyboard shortcuts for >> starting up a Mac if something's not working properly, you can try holding >> down D at start up. It will start the apple hardware test, which may tell >> you something about your drives if they are connected. >> Rachel. >>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: >>> >>> Earlier today I noticed that my computer could not see my two external >>> drives which were connected via USB. I decided a reboot was in order, since >>> most of the time this fixes that type of an issue. There was no voice over >>> when the computer restarted. I was unable to tell whether the computer >>> booted all the way or not because of having no speech. I tried rebooting >>> several more times, but the result was still the same.I disconnected all >>> peripherals, and was able to boot into recovery mode. I went into disk >>> utilities and repaired the disk. There seemed to be no problem with the >>> disc. The computer will still not reboot. >>> >>> Is there anything else I can try in recovery mode? Is there any other way I >>> can reboot the computer that will give me other diagnostic tools? Thank you >>> for any help anyone can provide. >>> >>> Kristeen Hughes >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Computer will not boot
Hi, Two things to start with. If you still can't start up, go on to the next bullets: * Diagnostic mode is not accessible to VoiceOver. * Did you attempt regular startup without the peripherals? Things you can try in Recovery mode: * Leave the USB drives disconnected until you get it working. * Select the Disk Utility option and verify that your Disk is visible. * If it is, try the Repair Disk Permissions. * Quit Disk Utility and go under the Apple menu to Startup Disk. Choose your Macintosh HD. * If it still doesn't start up, go back into Recovery mode and choose "Re-Install OS X". Normally, you should not lose anything during the re-installation process unless there is major problems with the disk. Hopefully, you have a backup on one of the external drives so that everything is covered in case of the worst. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:37 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: > Hi Kristeen, > > I don't know if this is accessible, but in looking up keyboard shortcuts for > starting up a Mac if something's not working properly, you can try holding > down D at start up. It will start the apple hardware test, which may tell you > something about your drives if they are connected. > Rachel. > On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > >> Earlier today I noticed that my computer could not see my two external >> drives which were connected via USB. I decided a reboot was in order, since >> most of the time this fixes that type of an issue. There was no voice over >> when the computer restarted. I was unable to tell whether the computer >> booted all the way or not because of having no speech. I tried rebooting >> several more times, but the result was still the same.I disconnected all >> peripherals, and was able to boot into recovery mode. I went into disk >> utilities and repaired the disk. There seemed to be no problem with the >> disc. The computer will still not reboot. >> >> Is there anything else I can try in recovery mode? Is there any other way I >> can reboot the computer that will give me other diagnostic tools? Thank you >> for any help anyone can provide. >> >> Kristeen Hughes >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Computer will not boot
Hello, I can really feel your frustrations. Fortunately, my MacBook Air was an easy fix at the Apple Store today. One thing I want to add, when booting up into recovery or other dianostic modes on the computer, voiceover can be access with the command-F5. The voice is not Alex, but some other boyish voice, but at least there is accessibility to the information. The volume is low and it can't be increased. Just letting you know about this pointer. HTH. Good luck and you may need to contact Apple Care. Best, Eileen Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Rachel Feinberg wrote: > > Hi Kristeen, > > I don't know if this is accessible, but in looking up keyboard shortcuts for > starting up a Mac if something's not working properly, you can try holding > down D at start up. It will start the apple hardware test, which may tell you > something about your drives if they are connected. > Rachel. >> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: >> >> Earlier today I noticed that my computer could not see my two external >> drives which were connected via USB. I decided a reboot was in order, since >> most of the time this fixes that type of an issue. There was no voice over >> when the computer restarted. I was unable to tell whether the computer >> booted all the way or not because of having no speech. I tried rebooting >> several more times, but the result was still the same.I disconnected all >> peripherals, and was able to boot into recovery mode. I went into disk >> utilities and repaired the disk. There seemed to be no problem with the >> disc. The computer will still not reboot. >> >> Is there anything else I can try in recovery mode? Is there any other way I >> can reboot the computer that will give me other diagnostic tools? Thank you >> for any help anyone can provide. >> >> Kristeen Hughes >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: Computer will not boot
Hi Kristeen, I don't know if this is accessible, but in looking up keyboard shortcuts for starting up a Mac if something's not working properly, you can try holding down D at start up. It will start the apple hardware test, which may tell you something about your drives if they are connected. Rachel. On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > Earlier today I noticed that my computer could not see my two external drives > which were connected via USB. I decided a reboot was in order, since most of > the time this fixes that type of an issue. There was no voice over when the > computer restarted. I was unable to tell whether the computer booted all the > way or not because of having no speech. I tried rebooting several more times, > but the result was still the same.I disconnected all peripherals, and was > able to boot into recovery mode. I went into disk utilities and repaired the > disk. There seemed to be no problem with the disc. The computer will still > not reboot. > > Is there anything else I can try in recovery mode? Is there any other way I > can reboot the computer that will give me other diagnostic tools? Thank you > for any help anyone can provide. > > Kristeen Hughes > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
