Re: Recovery Mode

2025-02-11 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Herbie,    Ok it took some effort but I think I accomplished what I needed. Thank you. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Why do we bake cookies and cook bacon? My e-Mail: ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 2/11/2025 4:13 PM, Herbie Allen wrote: About 10 seconds. You will still get the startup chime which i

Re: Recovery Mode

2025-02-11 Thread Herbie Allen
About 10 seconds. You will still get the startup chime which is disconcerting, but then you will get the voice coming from your speaker. > On Feb 11, 2025, at 16:00, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > wrote: > > Hello, >On my Mac mini M4, I need to boot into recovery to make a change in > securi

Recovery Mode

2025-02-11 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Hello,    On my Mac mini M4, I need to boot into recovery to make a change in security settings. What is the process for this? I already tried by holding down the power button but I could not tell how long to do this. Thanks. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Why do we bake cookies and cook bacon? My e

Re: Recovery mode on Mac mini

2021-12-06 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
to go. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Dec 6, 2021, at 13:30, christopher moore wrote: > > Hello, > How do I enter recovery mode on a Mac mini? Also,

Recovery mode on Mac mini

2021-12-06 Thread christopher moore
Hello, How do I enter recovery mode on a Mac mini? Also, do I need to turn on VoiceOver once the machine boots? Thanks. Chris -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if

Re: help working in recovery mode.

2021-05-06 Thread Anders Holmberg
Hi! When in the recovery mode there’s a table with several options. One of them is Disk Utility. Interact with that table and select disk utility. Stop interacting and go to the continue button. Now the disk utility will open and work as in normal mode. Hope that helps. Feel free to ask if

help working in recovery mode.

2021-05-06 Thread 'Donna Goodin' via MacVisionaries
Hey all, Hoping someone can help. I can get the cheesy system voice when booting in recovery mode, but I lose it the minute I select a boot option. Is there any way for me to erase my hard disk, without actually booting the computer, i.e. to stay in the recovery window and erase from there

Re: How to choose a Wi-Fi network in recovery mode

2019-06-23 Thread Phil Halton
;> but how do i connect to the wifi network when pressing VO m twice doesn't >>> get me to that screen?On Sunday, June 23, 2019 at 2:25:28 PM UTC-5, Joe >>> Quinn wrote: >>> I don’t mean to sound anxious, but I kind of am. I need a response as soon >>>

Re: How to choose a Wi-Fi network in recovery mode

2019-06-23 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
t; > but how do i connect to the wifi network when pressing VO m twice doesn't get > me to that screen?On Sunday, June 23, 2019 at 2:25:28 PM UTC-5, Joe Quinn > wrote: >> I don’t mean to sound anxious, but I kind of am. I need a response as soon >> as possible. I am tryi

Re: How to choose a Wi-Fi network in recovery mode

2019-06-23 Thread Joe Quinn
On Sunday, June 23, 2019 at 2:25:28 PM UTC-5, Joe >> Quinn wrote: >> I don’t mean to sound anxious, but I kind of am. I need a response as soon >> as possible. I am trying to reinstall my macOS Mojave, but I need to have a >> sure way of being able to choose a Wi-Fi network

Re: How to choose a Wi-Fi network in recovery mode

2019-06-23 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
unday, June 23, 2019 at 2:25:28 PM UTC-5, Joe Quinn wrote: > I don’t mean to sound anxious, but I kind of am. I need a response as soon as > possible. I am trying to reinstall my macOS Mojave, but I need to have a sure > way of being able to choose a Wi-Fi network in recovery mode u

Re: How to choose a Wi-Fi network in recovery mode

2019-06-23 Thread John Panarese
Mojave, but I need to have a >> sure way of being able to choose a Wi-Fi network in recovery mode using >> voiceover. Going to the Internet recovery option is not an option, because >> it doesn’t speak. Voiceover m twice seems to get me to a switch input >> screen,

Re: How to choose a Wi-Fi network in recovery mode

2019-06-23 Thread Joe Quinn
Mojave, but I need to have a sure > way of being able to choose a Wi-Fi network in recovery mode using voiceover. > Going to the Internet recovery option is not an option, because it doesn’t > speak. Voiceover m twice seems to get me to a switch input screen, something > to do with

Re: How to choose a Wi-Fi network in recovery mode

2019-06-23 Thread Erik Heil
e a Wi-Fi network in recovery mode using > voiceover. Going to the Internet recovery option is not an option, because > it doesn’t speak. Voiceover m twice seems to get me to a switch input > screen, something to do with the keyboard? Any help would be greatly > appreciated. > > -- >

How to choose a Wi-Fi network in recovery mode

2019-06-23 Thread Joe Quinn
I don’t mean to sound anxious, but I kind of am. I need a response as soon as possible. I am trying to reinstall my macOS Mojave, but I need to have a sure way of being able to choose a Wi-Fi network in recovery mode using voiceover. Going to the Internet recovery option is not an option

Re: Curious about recovery mode, vs the internet recovery mode?

2019-04-29 Thread Matt Turner
Hi, when I click the button to reinstall the OS, and when its not connected to the net it will say can’t contact recovery survis. To find the wifi network, all I hav to do is vo+m twice, then the network comes up, enter my password, and off it goes. > On Apr 29, 2019, at 12:19 PM, 'Tim Kilburn'

Re: Curious about recovery mode, vs the internet recovery mode?

2019-04-29 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, At what point is it asking to connect to the Internet? Yes, there is a partition on your drive that is the Recovery HD. That is simply the OS for running recovery tasks. When you choose to do an installation, your Mac needs the Internet connection to download the installer and any firmwa

Curious about recovery mode, vs the internet recovery mode?

2019-04-29 Thread Matt Turner
Hi, So when ever I’ve started up my mac with cmd+r, and reinstall the os, it wants to connect to the internet. Just curious why, and isn’t that 2 gig volume on my internal drive the os installer? -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you ha

RE: booting in to recovery mode?

2019-04-08 Thread Simon Fogarty
:58 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: booting in to recovery mode? Hi, I thought I'd tried to reinstall the version that came with my mac mini. I've tried all the keys like, cmd+R, and cmd+Shift+option+R, but it seems to want to use the internet recovery. I can see and imag

Re: booting in to recovery mode?

2019-04-07 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, cmd-r should start the internal HD's Recovery system and cmd-option-r for the Internet Recovery. In both cases though, since you've already installed 10.14.4, it will want to download the latest Mojave, which is 10.14.4. You would need to find an full installer for older versions somewher

booting in to recovery mode?

2019-04-07 Thread Matt Turner
Hi, I thought I'd tried to reinstall the version that came with my mac mini. I've tried all the keys like, cmd+R, and cmd+Shift+option+R, but it seems to want to use the internet recovery. I can see and image that's 2 gigs, when I look at the drives in disc utilities. -- The following informatio

Curious about recovery mode?

2019-01-20 Thread Matt Turner
Hi folks.Î I just wanted to see if I could boot up in the recovery mode on my MacMini. So, I’m using a USB wireless keyboard. I’ve shut down the Mac, held down CMD+R, then started up the mac. It doesn’t want to boot in that mode. It keeps booting to my inturnal drive. Note: this USB wireless

iPhone 7: How to force restart, enter Recovery Mode, and enter DFU mode

2016-09-19 Thread Mary Otten
iPhone 7: How to force restart, enter Recovery Mode, and enter DFU mode 9to5Mac / Jeff Benjamin Since the Home button on iPhone 7 isn’t a mechanical button anymore, and is instead a capacitive solid-state button controlled by software, it’s no surprise that performing hard resets, entering

Re: How do you boot a mac into recovery mode?

2015-07-13 Thread matthew dyer
Hi, CMD+r. HTH. Matthew > On Jul 12, 2015, at 8:00 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > > I continually forget this command. Please help! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receivin

Re: How do you boot a mac into recovery mode?

2015-07-12 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Don't continue holding the power button though. All you should hold is command+R. Chris. - Original Message - From: To: Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 8:26 PM Subject: Re: How do you boot a mac into recovery mode? Command r held down with the power button at startup Sent fr

Re: How do you boot a mac into recovery mode?

2015-07-12 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
Command+R during bootup. - Original Message - From: "Kristeen Hughes" To: Sent: Sunday, July 12, 2015 8:00 PM Subject: How do you boot a mac into recovery mode? I continually forget this command. Please help! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: How do you boot a mac into recovery mode?

2015-07-12 Thread blindcowgirl1993
Command r held down with the power button at startup Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 12, 2015, at 8:00 PM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: > > I continually forget this command. Please help! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > T

Re: How do you boot a mac into recovery mode?

2015-07-12 Thread Shaf
Hold down Command+r while starting the Mac my friend. On 7/13/2015 1:00 AM, Kristeen Hughes wrote: I continually forget this command. Please help! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop rec

How do you boot a mac into recovery mode?

2015-07-12 Thread Kristeen Hughes
I continually forget this command. Please help! -- 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 gr

Iphone 5 keeps going into recovery mode despite successful restore

2014-05-22 Thread Mark Baxter
Yesterday, while rock climbing, my iPhone 5, in my pocket, got put into recovery mode. I discovered it when we got home, and went through the steps and successfully restored it from the latest Icloud backup. Got all my apps back, Voiceover the way I wanted, home screen set up in the folder

Re: trying to get to recovery mode

2014-01-28 Thread eric oyen
gt; Command R for a few seconds then let go. > Now wait a while i’d say 30sec to a minute and then issue the toggle command > to turn on Voiceover which is Command F5. Voiceover should start talking and > you should now be in recovery mode. > > I hope this helps > On 28 Jan 201

Re: trying to get to recovery mode

2014-01-28 Thread Daniel McGee
recovery mode. I hope this helps On 28 Jan 2014, at 18:53, Alex Hall wrote: > I believe the keys are cmd-r. Hold that as your Mac boots and it will be in > recovery mode. VO will say something, but you need to hit cmd-f5 to get vo to > launch for real > > -- > Have a great

Re: trying to get to recovery mode

2014-01-28 Thread Alex Hall
I believe the keys are cmd-r. Hold that as your Mac boots and it will be in recovery mode. VO will say something, but you need to hit cmd-f5 to get vo to launch for real -- Have a great day, Alex mehg...@gmail.com On Jan 28, 2014, at 1:50 PM, eric oyen wrote: > hello everyone, > >

trying to get to recovery mode

2014-01-28 Thread eric oyen
hello everyone, I am at a loss on how to get into recovery mode. I know you are supposed to hold down the option key on boot, but beyond that, I don't know which entry to arrow to (non speaking interface at that level). anyone have suggestions or a more direct keyboard shortcut to allow

Re: Recovery mode help and voiceover

2013-07-12 Thread Phil Halton
well, after logging into recovery mode, and turning on VO with Command F5 (fred voice comes up talking). in order to reinstall OSX you wipe the partition ***not the hard drive***. Of course, as you know, you do the partition wipe using the disk utility available in the recovery mode menu. The

Re: Recovery mode help and voiceover

2013-07-12 Thread Tim Kilburn
again and doing the same process. Later... On 2013-07-12, at 11:24 AM, Emilio Hernandez wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I want to reformat my iMac, but when entrain recovery mode I cannot get > voiceover to run. > I have done this before, so I know what I am doing. Does anyone hav

Recovery mode help and voiceover

2013-07-12 Thread Emilio Hernandez
Hello everyone, I want to reformat my iMac, but when entrain recovery mode I cannot get voiceover to run. I have done this before, so I know what I am doing. Does anyone have any suggestions? I do not have an installed version of Mountain lion on a flash drive, so I use the downloadable

Re: Connecting to wi-fi in recovery mode

2013-07-10 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, You are right. It does appear that VO can't find the WiFi networks menu. A couple of things to note: 1. If you usually are connected to your WiFi network, it should automatically connect when in Recovery mode. 2. You can confirm this in Terminal when in Recovery mode by: •

Connecting to wi-fi in recovery mode

2013-07-09 Thread shaf
How would I connect to wi-fi in recovery mode? I can't find the wi-fi icon in the menu bar with VO+m, and VO+M twice doesn't do anything. Any suggestions? I'm probably missing something ridiculously simple. -Shaf -- You received this message because you are subscribed to th

MacBook Pro stuck in recovery mode ...

2013-03-20 Thread Jessica Carter
> Hi all, Just a quick update on MacBook Pro in recovery mode. Got 10.82 to reinstall off an external hard drive. It's working fine now. Thanks Georgina and Tim, and anyone else who had ideas on resolving this issue. Have a good one, all. -- You received this message because

Re: Cannot get MacBook Pro out of recovery mode, and that may be the least of my problems ...

2013-03-15 Thread Tim Kilburn
Hi, I understand from another message that you have already began reformatting and reinstalling your HD so this may be moot. When in Recovery mode, did you attempt to Quit the Recovery app? When you do this, it should ask you to pick a Startup Disk. If your Startup Disk is fine, it will

Re: Cannot get MacBook Pro out of recovery mode, and that may be the least of my problems ...

2013-03-15 Thread Georgina Joyce
/03/2013 18:05, Jessica Carter wrote: Hi all, Accidentally got MacBook Pro into safe mode. Then I was able to put it into recovery mode, but it will not boot up from either the cd or the hard drive partition where the recovery disk is. I have run the verify disk and verify disk permissions. It's

Cannot get MacBook Pro out of recovery mode, and that may be the least of my problems ...

2013-03-15 Thread Jessica Carter
Hi all, Accidentally got MacBook Pro into safe mode. Then I was able to put it into recovery mode, but it will not boot up from either the cd or the hard drive partition where the recovery disk is. I have run the verify disk and verify disk permissions. It's odd, because the message

Re: Password Help in Recovery Mode!

2013-02-22 Thread J.P.
Thanks Ray. I'll try that when I get back to my desk. J.P. -- 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 pos

Re: Password Help in Recovery Mode!

2013-02-22 Thread Ray Foret Jr
, at 12:43 PM, jshandr...@gmail.com wrote: > > Hey Guys, > > I am hoping someone can help! I am having one hell of a morning. I forgot the > password on one of my Mac's. Let's not go there. > My Mac is running Mountain Lion. I get stuck at a certain point in reco

Password Help in Recovery Mode!

2013-02-22 Thread jshandra72
Hey Guys, I am hoping someone can help! I am having one hell of a morning. I forgot the password on one of my Mac's. Let's not go there. My Mac is running Mountain Lion. I get stuck at a certain point in recovery mode and cant figure out the rest of the key strokes. I go int

Re: verifying/connecting mba to wifi in recovery mode

2012-02-04 Thread Kawal Gucukoglu
m] On Behalf Of Anouk Radix > Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 3:39 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: verifying/connecting mba to wifi in recovery mode > > Hi, Ah so i might be able to do the reinstall even if i cant access the > internet, great thanks. >

RE: verifying/connecting mba to wifi in recovery mode

2012-02-04 Thread Daniel Miller
@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Anouk Radix Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 3:39 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: verifying/connecting mba to wifi in recovery mode Hi, Ah so i might be able to do the reinstall even if i cant access the internet, great thanks. I ight make a bootable

Re: verifying/connecting mba to wifi in recovery mode

2012-02-04 Thread Anouk Radix
Macbook air doesn’t have an Ethernet port standard, you’ll >>> have to shell out $29 for their adaptor. >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mr. L. Alexander >>> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 2:27 PM >>&

Re: verifying/connecting mba to wifi in recovery mode

2012-02-04 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
>> have to shell out $29 for their adaptor. >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mr. L. Alexander >> Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 2:27 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: verifying/con

Re: verifying/connecting mba to wifi in recovery mode

2012-02-04 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi, I guess an alternative would be to make a bootable usb lion install, i think Mike arrigo did a podcast on htis and there might be others. I do suppose I can still use disk utility in recovery mode to erase my disk and i would then use the usb drive to reinstall the system thereby bypassing

Re: verifying/connecting mba to wifi in recovery mode

2012-02-04 Thread Anouk Radix
ies@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mr. L. Alexander > Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 2:27 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: verifying/connecting mba to wifi in recovery mode > > I appreciate the information on this. just in case I have to deal with an > i

RE: verifying/connecting mba to wifi in recovery mode

2012-02-04 Thread Daniel Miller
ooglegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mr. L. Alexander Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 2:27 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: verifying/connecting mba to wifi in recovery mode I appreciate the information on this. just in case I have to deal with an iMac in the

Re: verifying/connecting mba to wifi in recovery mode

2012-02-04 Thread Mr. L. Alexander
. To add to the unfortunate news, VoiceOver is > unable to access the Wifi menu at the top right of the menubar so you can > connect to a network. The only way for a visually impaired person to > reinstall using recovery mode is through an ethernet cable. I've contacted > apple about t

RE: verifying/connecting mba to wifi in recovery mode

2012-02-04 Thread Daniel Miller
on to reinstall using recovery mode is through an ethernet cable. I've contacted apple about this countless times, and the most recent response I've gotten is that they're investigating a possible fix. They had no idea this couldn't even be done with VoiceOver. -O

verifying/connecting mba to wifi in recovery mode

2012-02-04 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi everyone, I want to completely reinstall lion on my macbook air that came preinstalled with it. I turned off disk encryption and was able to open the recovery partition while booting by pressing command+r. The help document states though that, ifyou want to reinstall, you have to be connected

iphone in recovery mode

2009-08-02 Thread Marie Howarth
OK, so i had to force quit itunes during the software update and my iphone is now in recovery mode. am I going to need to take it to apple or could I find some eyes to do this in my house? unsure why the section doesn't show up in the iphone