Hi, Along with Simon, if I'm reading your responses correctly, you've likely erased the Macintosh HD. If you did this while in the Recovery Partition, then the Recovery Partition should still be available as the System will not allow you to erase the partition while it has an active OS running. If you did this from an external source, then, yes, the Recovery Partition will be gone.
The Recovery Partition that I'm speaking of allows you to start your Mac from a basic VO enabled system that allows for various maintenance features and such to be ran. If the Recovery Partition has actually been erased, then there is still the option of starting from the Internet Recovery of the MacOS. So, follow these steps: 1. Power the Mac down and wait for about 20 seconds. 2. Press the power button then immediately press and hold down the cmd and r keys. Hold them down for 5 to 10 seconds then release. 3. After releasing, wait one to two minutes, then press cmd-f5 to turn VO on. If VO engages, then there will be an option to reinstall the MacOS. If it does not, wait another minute, and try again. If you still cannot get VO to start, then proceed to the next process. 1. Power down the Mac. 2. Press the power button to turn it on then immediately press on the cmd, Option and r keys simultaneously and hold down for 5 to 10 seconds then release them all. 3. Wait about 5 minutes and try turning on VO. The caveat with the Internet Recovery mode is that a valid WiFi or ethernet network connection must be active, otherwise, you won't gain access to the Internet Recovery system on Apple's servers. If the WiFi connection was live when you erased the drive, then it should remain live. If you've performed a PRAM/nvRAM reset or similar such maintenance option, then the old WiFi connection will be lost. You will require sighted assistance to connect to a WiFi network in this situation. Once connected, the above Internet Recovery option will work fine for reinstalling the MacOS. In addition, Simon's suggestion of a USB installation stick is also available. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Aug 23, 2017, at 02:45, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: Ok, so If I'm reading this correctly, You have at some stage gone in to the recovery console and started up disk utilities and then done an eraise on either the top level of the drive or each of the volumes on the drive, The bottom level or volume that is shown in disk utilities while in the recovery console is the recovery volume of the drive in the machine. So if this volume or the top most level of the drive are eraised you lose everything including all chances of being able to reinstall from the recovery console The only chance now if I'm reading what you have said is correct them you will need to get a USB installer and boot to that then install also from that, Which will correct the issues you have now got including replacing the recovery partition of the drive. Hope this makes sence. -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of masood bamyani Sent: Wednesday, 23 August 2017 4:55 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: factory reset a mac book pro I mean prised cmd sheft and e but I couldn't reinstall the system again. when I turn on my mac a page with question mark shows up and voice over doesn't work too. On 8/22/17, Tim Kilburn <kilbu...@me.com> wrote: > Hi, > > A few questions to get a better understanding of what actions you > performed. > > 1. When you say "Reset", what exactly do you mean? > 2. You said that you wiped the drive, did you reinstall the MacOS? > 3. Have you tried starting up from the Recovery Partition? That is, > turning on your Mac and holding down the cmd and r keys right after > pressing the power button. Hold those keys down for about five to ten > seconds then release. Wait about a minute then press cmd-f5 to turn > VO on and see if it speaks. If it doesn't, wait a minute longer then > try again. If VO does start then, we can proceed from there. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On Aug 22, 2017, at 14:34, masood bamyani <mbamy...@gmail.com> wrote: > > After erasing this and reset it the system doesn't talk at all > > Md > > On Aug 22, 2017, at 12:51 PM, Jonathan Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com > <mailto:jon.c.c...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> Generally, it is very difficult to mess up a complete system usually >> it is just a specific user that gets cranky. I always have two logins >> on my Macintosh, and for all standard tasks I use an account with no >> special privileges. When doing developer or testing I will often >> create a separate account for that. With GID it is so easy to get the >> latest Net code and with testing it is a good idea to start with a >> standard users settings and not something I have customized. >> >> >> On 22 August 2017 at 05:31, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com >> <mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: >> Hi >> >> In what way did you mess things up? >> >> Can you advise of what is currently happening on the machine? >> >> Do you get any voiceover accessibility from the system at all? >> >> Le tme know and we'll work it out >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of masood bamyani >> Sent: Tuesday, 22 August 2017 6:20 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Subject: Re: factory reset a mac book pro >> >> I totally missed up my mac by resetting On 7/7/17, Simon Fogarty >> <si...@blinky-net.com <mailto:si...@blinky-net.com>> wrote: >>> HI Yes a total reset back to factory dfaults is very possible even >>> with no sight. >>> >>> I’m totally blind also and have done this many many times now. >>> >>> Two ways you can do this but I’ll give you the simplist of them >>> >>> Turn your machine off completely so it’s powered totally off >>> >>> Then with your left hand hold down the command Key and the letter R >>> keys att the same time. >>> >>> Then while holding those keys and keep holding them press the power >>> button to turn the machine back on >>> >>> Keep holding the command and r keys for approx. 20 seconds to be safe. >>> >>> Then once that time is up let the keys go and just wait for approx. >>> 1 minute more. >>> >>> Then turn voiceover back on using the Command f5 key press, >>> >>> Note vo will talk to you in a very basic sounding voice but that is >>> to be expected. >>> >>> Once vo is speaking you will either have the select the default >>> language option which you pick your default for or you will have >>> the OSX utilities, >>> >>> Either way you are after the utilities, >>> >>> Once you have the utilities up you scrole down and pick disk >>> utilities >>> >>> From this find the list of available drives and find the drive at >>> the very top of the list, >>> >>> Please note this will be the physical device DON’T do anything to >>> this! >>> >>> Arrow down once to the volume below the physical drive Possibly >>> this is called Macintosh HD” >>> >>> Either way you want the volume not the physical device, >>> >>> Once on this volume do a command shift and E which will eraise the >>> drive. >>> >>> Ensure you have it selected as >>> Mac os extended journaled >>> And GUID partition >>> Once the eraise is done close out of disk utilities to go back to >>> the OSX utilities and select the option to install ore reinstall >>> the mac os which from memory is 2 up from disk utility but make >>> sure of that don’t just take my word. >>> >>> Once you’ve got that click continue and the installation wil be >>> started from scratch. >>> >>> VO will keep speaking for you while you do this installation until >>> the machine restarts in which you can restart vo again with command >>> f5 >>> >>> Hope this helps and good luck with it, We’re always here to assist >>> if you ned it. >>> >>> Simon >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>] On Behalf Of masood B >>> Sent: Saturday, 8 July 2017 9:28 AM >>> To: MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >>> Subject: factory reset a mac book pro >>> >>> hello. 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