HI, in order to get the mac to boot from the cd, when you hear the chime at startup, hold down the c key and it should boot to the install. WHen the disc stops spinning, you can hit command f5, or command fn f5 if you're on a laptop to bring of VO. Although really I highly doubt that a reinstall of the os will help this keyboard issue. I think if you were to take your machine into Apple and get the keyboard replaced, that would be the best thing to do. On Apr 3, 2009, at 5:26 PM, Tiffany D wrote:
Well, I don't want to have to lug around a wireless keyboard as I prefer everything built-in. But for testing, it can't be that bad. I have a wireless keyboard but it's probably not Mac-compatible. I tried installing Leopard with my mother, who is literally just getting into computers, and despite her best efforts, we couldn't get it to work. The Macbook would just start up with Skype and everything, even when I put the disk in as it turned on. She and I heard it ask if we wanted to install only the bundled software but of course, that's not what I wanted. It was tricky trying to get her to open things cause she's so new at this and not learning on a Mac and we couldn't figure out how to get the cd to start on it's own so we just gave up. Tomorrow, I'm having another sighted friend come over here. He's slightly better than Mom at the computer so maybe, we can figure it out. What am I missing? I thought the Leopard installation was supposed to be accessible? If it really is the keyboard, maybe I'll just have him delete my documents and other personal information and then hsend it to Apple. On 03/04/2009, chantel cuddemi <jawsgir...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes, if you get a wireless usb keyboard, you should be fine. > On Apr 3, 2009, at 4:46 AM, Mark Baxter wrote: > >> >> It sounds like a keyboard issue and not an OS issue. Why reinstall >> at >> all, why not just get a new keyboard, or use a USB keyboard? >> >> >> Mark BurningHawk >> >> Skype and Twitter: BurningHawk1969 >> MSN: burninghawk1...@hotmail.com >> My home page: >> http://MarkBurningHawk.net/ >> >> >>> > > >> > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
