At this point, and I do not have sighted assistance at this time, I will say that I have continued to try using the command+R suggestion to no avail; the log in/password screen always comes up. I have tried holding this key combination soon after pressing the start button and even before pressing the start button without success. I have also used the restart option in the Apple menu with this key combination with the same results. The version of the os is 10.6.8. I have a Windows keyboard connected and for all functions, the Windows keyboard has worked as expected. Oh, and I am aware that the "Windows" key acts as the "command" when using this keyboard. I will wait for sighted assistance to try the plan B suggested earlier.
Thanks for the suggestions and I will keep all posted of my progress. Mauricio -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Grant Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2015 12:44 PM To: MacVisionaries List Subject: Re: Wiping A Mac Clean and Starting Over That’s debatable; with a used Mac, I’d probably want to boot into internet recovery mode just to make sure the Mac went back to factory condition. Of course, like you say, you can’t do this without some sighted help to get you started, so it’s not useful in all situations and I’ll admit is probably overkill. Grant On Jun 28, 2015, at 12:16 PM, christopher hallsworth <challswor...@icloud.com> wrote: Command-option-r boots into Internet Recovery which is not useful unless you either have sighted assistance to connect to your wifi network or you connect via ethernet. Command-r is what you want to boot into the recovery partition stored on disk. Visit my groups: The Chat Zone the-chat-zone+subscr...@groups.io The Tech Zone the-tech-zone+subscr...@groups.io Apple Music apple-music+subscr...@groups.io > On 28 Jun 2015, at 20:06, jeff `greene <greenebo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, You have to hold down command+option+r right after you press the > power button. Also, I would keep holding it down for a few seconds > after you hear the startup chime. Then, I would wait like two minutes > before trying the command+f5, it seems to take a while before VO is > available. > Hope this helps! Jeff > > > On 6/27/15, Grant <grant.li...@icloud.com> wrote: >> It sounds as though you are not pressing COMMAND+R quickly enough >> when the Mac starts up. Try pressing the keys sooner, such as >> immediately when the startup chime starts playing. When I need to >> enter recovery mode, I press the key combination so quickly that the >> chime is still playing while the keys are held down. >> >> As well, this is probably overkill, but if you have sighted help >> around, you could enter internet recovery instead by pressing >> COMMAND+OPTION+R rather than COMMAND+R. This starts the computer >> directly from Apple's servers and will allow you to put it back to >> factory condition, including recreating the recovery partition and >> installing the version of OS X that originally shipped with the >> computer. You could then use the Mac App Store to upgrade to the >> latest version of OS X. If you go this route, which I emphasize is >> probably unnecessary, you will need sighted help at the beginning as >> VoiceOver will not be immediately available. >> >> Grant >> >>> On Jun 27, 2015, at 3:29 PM, Mauricio Molina >>> <mauriciohmol...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> This is the same information I found using Google, but for some >>> reason, it does not work. There is a sign in and password and I use >>> the password to log in at all times. What I am doing is as soon as >>> the MacBook is powered on, I immediately hold down command and the >>> letter R , but I always get to the account log on window. Since >>> command R did not work before the logging in window appears, I hold >>> down the combination after typing the password to log in and this >>> still has not worked. I have not seen anything like the ability to reformat >>> or wipe the system clean to start over. Any ideas? >>> >>> Mauricio >>> >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anders >>> Holmberg >>> Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 9:03 AM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: Wiping A Mac Clean and Starting Over >>> >>> >>> Hi.you can do that by holding down the command key together with the >>> letter R Now you are in the recovery mode.press command F5 to start >>> voice-over.here you can do a lot of things. 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