Re: installing lion

2012-03-10 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
you may not have burned the data correctly. how did you burn the DVD? burning a DMG file means opening the DMG file, launching disk utility, selecting the INSTALLESD dmg file and instructing it to burn to DVD. this creates a bootable DVD. when all's finished, quit disk utility, eject the DVD,

Re: installing lion

2012-03-09 Thread joseph
i did and after the dvd finished chiming i pressed command f5 to start voiceover but no luck. all i get on screen is the apple logo. any thought? On 9 Mar 2012, at 15:51, matthew Dyer wrote: > You need to hold it down til you hear the chime/. It should then start > booting from the dvd. HTH.

Re: installing lion

2012-03-09 Thread matthew Dyer
You need to hold it down til you hear the chime/. It should then start booting from the dvd. HTH. Matthew On Mar 9, 2012, at 7:25 AM, joseph wrote: > ok, i tried to boot from dvd but did not work. my question is: when should > i press the letter c and how long should i hold it down for et

Re: installing lion

2012-03-09 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
power up and straight away press and hold the C key for about a min or so until the CD drive speeds up, then let go. WEE oops sorry I didn't mean let go of the desk, etc (that's of course if you're a bird on edge of desk tapping keyboard with beak) lol lew On 9 Mar 2012, at 12:25, jose

Re: installing lion

2012-03-09 Thread joseph
ok, i tried to boot from dvd but did not work. my question is: when should i press the letter c and how long should i hold it down for etc? On 8 Mar 2012, at 13:14, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > I believe someone has possibly covered that situation. I have lion on a DVD > and it does what I need i

Re: installing lion

2012-03-08 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
I believe someone has possibly covered that situation. I have lion on a DVD and it does what I need it to do but I'm not running lion on my own workstation for stability purposes. lew On 8 Mar 2012, at 13:08, joseph wrote: > how about if i put the InstallESD.DMG file on a pen drive? how would

Re: installing lion

2012-03-08 Thread joseph
how about if i put the InstallESD.DMG file on a pen drive? how would i do so and how to reboot the system then? best On 8 Mar 2012, at 09:05, Mr. L. Alexander wrote: > InstallESD.DMG file -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To

Re: installing lion

2012-03-08 Thread Hayri Tulumcu
and it is not downloading. it copyes the packages from the dvd to the Mac OS Install data on your Macintosh HD - Original Message - From: "Mr. L. Alexander" To: Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 11:21 AM Subject: Re: installing lion Oops, from what I remember the installer i

Re: installing lion

2012-03-08 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
ation of lion? > - Original Message - From: "Mr. L. Alexander" > > To: > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 9:05 AM > Subject: Re: installing lion > > > yep. > > do you still have the installer? if so, bring up the contextual menu (VO > Shift M) and

Re: installing lion

2012-03-08 Thread Hayri Tulumcu
How do you customise the installation of lion? - Original Message - From: "Mr. L. Alexander" To: Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 9:05 AM Subject: Re: installing lion yep. do you still have the installer? if so, bring up the contextual menu (VO Shift M) and go to sh

Re: installing lion

2012-03-08 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
yep. do you still have the installer? if so, bring up the contextual menu (VO Shift M) and go to show package contents. From there you need to find the InstallESD.DMG file (can't exactly remember where it's located), now open it so it mounts to the desktop, insert a blank DVD and when finder as

Re: installing lion

2011-10-11 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Denise, First off. If you did not yet complete the lion installation, then the lion installer app file is still in your applications folder, command shift a. First I would look in there, and if you happen to find it, run it and lion will begin installing if you follow the instructions on scr

Re: Installing Lion

2011-09-26 Thread Paul Erkens
s, Paul! Will it work well in WordPress > when I add widgets to my blog? > > Ezzie > > > - Original Message - > From: Paul Erkens To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Date sent: Sun, 25 Sep 2011 12:25:43 +0200 > Subject: Re: Installing Lion > > Hi

Re: Installing Lion

2011-09-25 Thread ezzie bueno
thanks for the Drag and Drop compands, Paul! Will it work well in WordPress when I add widgets to my blog? Ezzie - Original Message - From: Paul Erkens There is a new drag and drop method in voiceover now. To drag, hit vo comma, and to drop, hit vo period. Just in case you ever nee

Re: Installing Lion

2011-09-25 Thread ezzie bueno
Hello Ricardo, Lion is cool. The only thing I can't figure out is how to move from one folder to the next in mail. Can you help with that please? Ezzie - Original Message - From: Ricardo Walker I actually don't think their is much difference in the use of voiceover on Lion. You'

Re: installing lion

2011-09-25 Thread Jennifer Perdue
thank you very much for your imput. Jenny and her goofy guide Brooks On Sep 24, 2011, at 11:55 AM, Cody wrote: > It will be the right time when you are ready > On Sep 24, 2011, at 11:34 AM, Jennifer Perdue wrote: > >> OK, so what you're saying is now is not the best time for me to upgrade >> be

Re: Installing Lion

2011-09-25 Thread Paul Erkens
m > Date sent: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:09:30 +0200 > Subject: Re: Installing Lion > > Hi Ed, > What exactly happened when you attempted to install lion again, after your > room mate closed your laptop, without him noticing that lion was installing? > Once you get the lion installer ap

Re: Installing Lion

2011-09-24 Thread Ricardo Walker
time ever using Lion. Any tips that any of y'all > believe to be helpful are welcome. > > Ezzie > > - Original Message - > From: Paul Erkens To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Date sent: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:09:30 +0200 > Subject: Re: Installing Lion >

Re: Installing Lion

2011-09-24 Thread ezzie bueno
Hello Paul, When my roommate shut mlaptop, the instalation of Lion was paused. I am actually installing Lion, as I write. I must wait another 30 minutes for it to be completly installed (or so my computer says). This will be my first time ever using Lion. Any tips that any of y'all believe

Re: installing lion

2011-09-24 Thread Cody
osx is much different than windows 98 though On Sep 24, 2011, at 11:06 AM, Paul Erkens wrote: > Hi Cody, > The longer you wait with the upgrade to lion, the fewer people will know how > to do it because the experience vanishes from memory, being replaced by other > knowledge. And if you don't us

Re: installing lion

2011-09-24 Thread Cody
It will be the right time when you are ready On Sep 24, 2011, at 11:34 AM, Jennifer Perdue wrote: > OK, so what you're saying is now is not the best time for me to upgrade > because of the problems with lion and such? Just want to be clear. > > Also, when will I know when it is the right time

Re: installing lion

2011-09-24 Thread Cody
you are then just better off sticking with your current setup.. On Sep 24, 2011, at 12:05 PM, Jennifer Perdue wrote: > OK, > > So since I am a complete computer idiot and since everything on this list is > way, way, way over my head to begin with I guess the question for me is this. > Since I

Re: installing lion

2011-09-24 Thread Jennifer Perdue
OK, So since I am a complete computer idiot and since everything on this list is way, way, way over my head to begin with I guess the question for me is this. Since I can barely, no, I mean have no clue what I'm doing with snow leopard, and people are having problems with lion. Should I even

Re: installing lion

2011-09-24 Thread Jennifer Perdue
OK, so what you're saying is now is not the best time for me to upgrade because of the problems with lion and such? Just want to be clear. Also, when will I know when it is the right time to upgrade? I'm not trying to give you a hard time? I really don't know these things. Thank you so muc

Re: Installing Lion

2011-09-24 Thread Paul Erkens
s To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Date sent: Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:32:01 +0200 > Subject: Re: Installing Lion > > Hi, > Could it be that installation simply resumed without noticing it? What does > it say when you go to the apple menu, and then about this mac? > > On

Re: installing lion

2011-09-24 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi Cody, The longer you wait with the upgrade to lion, the fewer people will know how to do it because the experience vanishes from memory, being replaced by other knowledge. And if you don't use it, you loose it. That's just how it goes. I'm not unwilling to help someone install windows 98 with

Re: installing lion

2011-09-23 Thread Cody
No, the only reason you'd have a hard time finding someone to help you is if people just don't want to help you or refuse to. There will always be helpful people around. On Sep 23, 2011, at 7:50 PM, Jennifer Perdue wrote: > Hi, > > I heard if I wait too long it will be harder to find someone to

Re: installing lion

2011-09-23 Thread Jennifer Perdue
Hi, I heard if I wait too long it will be harder to find someone to help me. Is that true? If not I don't have a problem staying right where I am. Jenny and her goofy guide Brooks On Sep 23, 2011, at 6:19 PM, Cody wrote: > My question to you is if you are a new be, do you really need to upgra

Re: installing lion

2011-09-23 Thread Cody
My question to you is if you are a new be, do you really need to upgrade to lion, many people are having problems, not me personally, but I suggest staying with snow for now. However, if you really must upgrade I can walk you through the process. please email me privately cdog2...@gmail.com and

Re: Installing Lion

2011-09-23 Thread ezzie bueno
Hi, Sorry for my late reply. When I go into "About This Mac", it says that it's running version 10.6.8. Ezzie - Original Message - From: Paul Erkens Could it be that installation simply resumed without noticing it? What does it say when you go to the apple menu, and then about thi

Re: Installing Lion

2011-09-22 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
I had the same problem and had to do this three times. How I resolved it at the time was to restart the mac go to the App store to the down load tab and interact with the table and select what I wanted and tab to the install button and it installed. However, at the time my instalation of Lion di

Re: Installing Lion

2011-09-22 Thread Paul Erkens
Hi, Could it be that installation simply resumed without noticing it? What does it say when you go to the apple menu, and then about this mac? On Sep 22, 2011, at 6:43 AM, ezzie bueno wrote: > Hello List: > > I bought Lion through the Mac App store. It said it was installing Lion when > I las

Re: Installing Lion From USB Flash Drive.

2011-07-23 Thread Teresa Cochran
Hi, Georges, I posted this in another thread, but here it is: http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-make-your-own-os-x-lion-bootable-usb-flash-drive-tutorial/ HTH, Teresa On Jul 23, 2011, at 11:37 PM, Georges Zaynoun wrote: > Hi! > > The how to is missing from the subject line, but this is my questi