Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-17 Thread Dionipher Presas Herrera
atually i was doing a bootable disk then i downloaded this Mavericks on apple store then it was installing before i knew it. :) On 17 Jul 2014, at 08:24 pm, Sabahattin Gucukoglu wrote: > If you install Mavericks again without reformatting first, you'll end up > upgrading the OS you already have

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-17 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
If you install Mavericks again without reformatting first, you'll end up upgrading the OS you already have, or repairing a copy of Mavericks you already have. You may even find that if you run Software Update, you are offered updates you already installed. That's about the extent of it. To ge

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-16 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
Yes. This is normal behaviour. Just quit the installer with command-q. On 17/07/2014 04:34, Dionipher Presas Herrera wrote: i tried to download the mavericks on the apple store but it installed it on my computer. On 16 Jul 2014, at 09:02 pm, Tim Kilburn wrote: Hi, I'll paste in an excerpt f

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-16 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
Yes. Once the unit boots off the network, you can turn on VoiceOver. But not before. Use Ethernet, and you don't have to do that. It certainly is convenient to build a disposable USB installer thumb drive. Remember to go to the Mac App Store and download and remake your USB stick whenever t

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-16 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, Umm no, i haven't got the instructions for making a usb or hard drive installation i think, so if you could tell me how to do this i'd be grateful. /Krister > 16 jul 2014 kl. 19:46 skrev Tim Kilburn : > > Hi, > You can use the same method has you would use to create the bootable USB > sti

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-16 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, You can use the same method has you would use to create the bootable USB stick but choose the external HD as the target instead. I haven't been following this thread closely so if the instructions for the USB stick aren't readily available, let me know and I'll round things up for you. L

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-16 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hey, First of all, i'm sorry for asking so many stupid and probably obvious questions. I shouldn't be needing to do that since i've owned a Mac for at least 6 years, but then again i haven't done a clean install ever so it's probably high time to do it.:-) Anyway my question now is as follows: I

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-16 Thread Alex Hall
This is why I suggested making an installer on a thumb drive. I did that, and I've used it several times on different Macs to quickly upgrade or re-install the OS. It's fast, local, and works perfectly with speech. On Jul 16, 2014, at 10:35 AM, Krister Ekstrom wrote: > Hi, do i understand this

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-16 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, do i understand this correctly that after choice of wifi, VO can be used? I tried the cmd+option+R command thinking i could use speech directly but that didn't work so i assume you have to get past the selection of available wifi networks right? /Krister > 16 jul 2014 kl. 16:27 skrev Sabaha

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-16 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
To get to Internet Recovery, press Command+Option+R at the chime after power on. You may need sighted help to pick from available wi-fi networks from which to boot. I recommend using Ethernet (including Thunderbolt/USB adaptors from Apple) as these require no sighted help. -- You received thi

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-16 Thread Christopher Hallsworth
I'm not sure but to boot to internet recovery press command-option-r at the startup chime. On 16/07/2014 14:51, Krister Ekstrom wrote: Ok, question 1, where do i find "internet recovery"? and question 2, how can i get the mac to connect to the internet through wifi when trying to reinstall the

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-16 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Ok, question 1, where do i find "internet recovery"? and question 2, how can i get the mac to connect to the internet through wifi when trying to reinstall the system? I've searched and searched and there seems not to be a possibility to connect the mac to my wifi like there was before. What is

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-16 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi and thanks once again. Yes i have backed up the files i think i will need and even files i probably don't need elsewhere so everything should be fine, at least that's what i hope.:-) /Krister > 15 jul 2014 kl. 20:04 skrev Alex Hall : > > You could always choose that partition in the table, t

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-16 Thread Sabahattin Gucukoglu
If you use the Partition tab in Disk Utility, which is visible when you select the disk device in the table, then select "1 partition" in layout, you can erase the entire disk and repartition it with one partition in one step. Make sure to press Options and make sure that "GUID partition table"

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-15 Thread Alex Hall
You could always choose that partition in the table, then select the Erase tab and get rid of it. That will be just as effective, I imagine. Just to be sure: you have a backup, right? All the steps we've been discussing will completely erase your hard drive, so please be sure you have all your f

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-15 Thread Joseph
Hello, Hope you don't mind me jumping in here. The utility is totally accessible for VO users. Just be sure to start VO after your system has booted into recovery mode. When I upgrade any of my Apple computers, I always do a clean install. I have found over time that I have the best results if a

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-15 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi and thanks for the really good explanation of how to make a clean install. I'm just about to start the reinstallation process but have a question since i got a bit uncertain: I want to take away an unnecessary partition that i have, and you said that if i wanted to erase the whole hard drive,

Re: Making a clean installation

2014-07-14 Thread Alex Hall
By definition, a clean install is fresh, so restoring previously installed apps and configurations goes against the point. I'd do the install, then re-download all the apps. Yes, you'll need to log in again if the app requires it, and set up your preferences again, but that is the price of a cle