Hi, Yes Disk Utility is a part of the installer.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Jul 17, 2014, at 3:28 AM, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> wrote: > Hi, Just out of curiosity, will the disk utility be part of the install disk > so that i can both format and reinstall the os from the thumb drive? > /Krister > >> 16 jul 2014 kl. 23:11 skrev Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com>: >> >> I've done it several times, and if you look at the recent thread on doing a >> clean install, that's exactly what you want to do. Yes, it is all >> accessible, with one exception. When you boot into Recovery mode, you will >> need sighted help to ensure you arrow to the right drive. That is why I >> suggest making an install disk on a thumb drive if you can; you can re-use >> it as often as you like, and you can use Startup Disk in System Preferences >> to tell your Mac to boot into it before you restart. This way you can do >> everything on your own. Anyway, once you are in your installer or Recovery >> HD, hit cmd-f5 to start VO. You might be using the old Fred voice, but you >> will definitely have speech. >> On Jul 16, 2014, at 5:00 PM, Brandon A. Olivares <programmer2...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am giving away my old Mac, and I would like to totally reformat it so it >>> is like new with none of my old files or applications on it. >>> >>> The instructions I found talk about holding command-R while starting up, >>> then running disk utility. My question is, is all of this going to be >>> accessible, or will I need sighted assistance? I assume this will boot it >>> up into a different format, and I don't know if voiceover can be started >>> there. >>> >>> Has anyone done this? Any tips would be appreciated. >>> >>> Peace, >>> Brandon >>> >>> -- >>> 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. -- 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.
