Hold down the option key and press the left arrow. That should boot to the recovery partition. If you are trying to boot off of another drive, the right arrow key should select that target.
If the Mac uses a firewire or thunderbolt port, you can connect it to your functioning Mac and use Target Disk Mode by holding down the t key during startup on the non-functioning Mac too. Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Mar 10, 2014, at 7:11 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > Command? I thought it was option? Either way, I'll try left arrow once and > see if that does it. Thanks! > On Mar 10, 2014, at 7:07 PM, Ray Foret Jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Did you try pressing cmd on start up and them go left arrow only once then >> press return? >> >> >> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the blind >> built-in! >> >> Sincerely, >> The Constantly Barefooted Ray, still a very happy Mac and Iphone 5 user! >> >> On Mar 10, 2014, at 6:04 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> A friend gave me a Macbook that doesn't really work so I can see if I can >>> get it running. I want to boot it with a Mavericks USB drive I made, but it >>> won't boot, so I can't select the startup disk in System Preferences. When >>> I hold the option key at startup, is there a keyboard-accessible way to >>> choose the startup disk? Will arrows work, first-letter navigation, or >>> something else? In the past I've seen people use mice to do this, so I'm >>> not sure if I can manage it with a keyboard or not. Any thoughts? Thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex Hall >>> mehg...@icloud.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > > > > > -- > 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.
