I remember being able to work with WIFI networks from recovery mode. Now I'm just trying to remember how I did it. I know it's possible to use the window and application choosers once you get VO running. Sorry I can't be of more help, but I distinctly remember doing an Internet install. My network was hidden, so I had to enter the name and password. This was from within the install utilities.
HtH, Teresa "Twinkle, twinkle, little bat How I wonder what you're at" --Lewis Carroll > On Jun 22, 2014, at 11:57 PM, Christopher Hallsworth > <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Think wifi is supported for internet recovery but I imagine the first screen > to choose a wifi network would be completely inaccessible as nothing is > loaded at the time. > > Christopher Hallsworth > Student at the Hadley School for the Blind > www.hadley.edu > >> On 22/06/2014 16:20, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> Hi, >> >> If one does as you've mentioned and somehow wiped the entire drive including >> the Recovery Partition, then you would need to use cmd-shift-r in order to >> access the Internet startup and do your install from there. Things to note: >> >> * an entire wipe is more or less impossible unless you are first in a >> separate startup system or within the Recovery Partition as you can't format >> the drive of a running system. >> * I'm fairly sure that you need an ethernet connection to run the Internet >> startup system, although, I could be corrected on this one. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >>> On Jun 22, 2014, at 7:32 AM, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee...@googlemail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Chris, am glad to hear that by performing a clean install you are >>> experiencing lots of improvements. Out of interest, before you did the >>> clean install did you upgrade from any previous version or versions of OSX? >>> >>> As for myself, for the clean install folks this may sound crazy but I've >>> been doing straight updates from Lion and as of yet, I haven't experienced >>> any problems with any upgrade. "If it aint broken, don't fix it." I guess >>> that's my motto. lol >>> However, I may consider performing one when the new OSX comes out in the >>> Autumn. Partly, I'm keen to experience it myself without any sighted help >>> and because well to get rid of some of the rubbish that my system may of >>> accumulated since 2011 when I brought my MBP. Like Chris, I could do with a >>> bit of a speed boost myself and so think I'll give it a shot come autumn! . >>> >>> Chris, and others I have a question about clean installs. Sure, I know why >>> it is a good idea to create the installer on a flash drive but my question >>> is this: If one was in a situation where they didn't have a flash drive for >>> whatever reason and they erased/wiped and reformatted the hard drive that >>> is on there system and restarted the Mac computer and held down command R >>> to bring up the recovery partition, Would it be possible to install OSX >>> from the recovery partition by obviously having an internet connection to >>> download the OS and go from there to setup there new system. >>> >>> Basically, what I am trying to say is that without any backup media of an >>> installer would it still be possible to clean install OSX with just the >>> recovery partition and an internet connection without nothing else. As a >>> side note: obviously you wouldn't do this but what would happen if a novist >>> completely wiped there Mac OS restarted, heard the chine sound and waited. >>> Would it just simply be well... broken? Hence, why a backup media of the >>> installer would certainly be a life saver. >>> >>> Thanks for any answers in advance. >>> >>> Daniel >>>> On 22 Jun 2014, at 11:21, Christopher Hallsworth >>>> <christopher...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello everybody >>>> Well my clean install of Os X 10.9 Mavericks is going very well. My >>>> startup time has been dramatically improved thanks to the clean install >>>> from over a minute to about half that time maybe less. It certainly can >>>> help to do a clean install if you have issues like that. And when I say >>>> clean install I mean that. Restructure your disc and reinstall the >>>> operating system from scratch. As you have seen from my note the other day >>>> I used my USB flash drive with the Mavericks Installer created with >>>> Diskmakerx rather than the recovery partition. I like to have my installer >>>> on file in case my internet is out of action which would be required if >>>> installing from the recovery partition since the installer base image >>>> isn't actually stored on the partition. >>>> -- >>>> Christopher Hallsworth >>>> Student at the Hadley School for the Blind >>>> www.hadley.edu >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. 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