I do the startup disk option all the time, and it works perfectly. I even set up a hotkey, cmd-option-comma, to open System Preferences because I found myself in there a lot. I'm sure some sort of Applescript could make the process even simpler, but this works for now. On Jun 3, 2014, at 12:56 PM, Teresa Cochran <batsfly...@me.com> wrote:
> Thanks, Chris. Yes, I had that concern about the option-key method as well. > The startup-disk option in Disk Utility sounds like a workable method. > > Thanks, > teresa > > “Everything is interesting if you go into it deeply enough.”—Richard P. > Feynman > > On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:48 AM, 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries > <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> While I haven't tried it, you should be able to partition your drive to >> appear as two separate disks with disk utility. Depending on how full the >> current drive is you might be able to shrink the existing partition enough >> to make room for Yosemite. Then you would install Yosemite on that new >> drive. As far as switching startup drives, you should be able to do that by >> going to System Preferences and picking which drive to start from and then >> reboot. While you can also do this by holding down the option key while >> booting, I suspect that way is not accessible since there won't be an OS >> running yet to host voiceover. >> >> CB >> >> On 6/3/14, 12:40 PM, Teresa Cochran wrote: >>> A follow-up thought I had was that if I want to switch partitions, could I >>> go into the recovery partition and choose one as the startup? This at least >>> would be accessible with VO. >>> >>> Teresa >>> >>> “The golden age of science fiction is twelve.”—Pete graham >>> >>> On Jun 3, 2014, at 9:19 AM, Teresa Cochran <batsfly...@me.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I was reading on Ars Technica about creating a test partition to try >>>> Yosemite beta. My question is: how accessible would the boot process be? >>>> Would I have to count arrow-key presses or some such similar thing? >>>> >>>> thanks, >>>> >>>> Teresa >>>> >>>> “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s >>>> too dark to read.”—Groucho Marx >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> >> -- >> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >> >> -- >> 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.
