I’m grateful for all this info, but I feel I have bits and pieces of how to go about it, and not everybody is saying the same thing. Think I’ll have a look on Applevis and see if there are any podcasts about installing the OS. If I wive the hard disc ahead of a clean install, won’t I lose speech rendering a clean install impossible? I want my system to run as best as possible, but don’t want to mess up what is still working okay -
Andy On 23 Oct 2014, at 18:53, David Griffith <daj.griff...@gmail.com> wrote: > No it is command R. > To do a clean install you need to erase your hard disc from within the Disk > Utility also in the recovery console. > > Remember the famous tricky part when you come to sign into the App Store > though to be honest I have done this a few times now and it no longer seems > tricky. > > 1. You initially appear not to be able to access the login page. > 2. Press VO F2 twice to bring up the window chooser. You may have to add the > FN key to VO depending on your settings. > 3. Make sure you are in the sign in to app store window. > 5. Press VO Command F5 to make sure your mouse is focussed on the sign in > window. > 6.Press Shift VO space bar to simulate a mouse click > 7. You should now be able to sign in mormally to the > App Store and download your OS. > > David Griffith > > > > > On 23/10/2014 18:29, Andy Collins wrote: >> Ok, firstly, you are suggesting a different key combo, so did you mean to >> say command options r? And secondly, this recovery partition, if I don’t >> want to reinstall Mavericks, but want to go for a clean install of Yosemite, >> can I do that from in there? >> >> Thanks - >> >> Andy >> On 23 Oct 2014, at 16:19, Sarah k Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Actually hit cmd option r at start up and wait for about 30 seconds, then >>> bring up voice over. You will then have the recovery partition. >>> >>> Take care >>>> On Oct 23, 2014, at 12:49 AM, Dane Trethowan <grtd...@internode.on.net> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Question says it all. >>>> >>>> I’m wondering this as I wish to do a reinstall of the OS on my Macbook Pro >>>> but can’t bring up the recovery boot process, I shut the computer down and >>>> then restart whilst holding down the option key, I hold this down for 15 >>>> seconds or so. >>>> >>>> Then I use the left arrow key to hopefully select the recovery utility or >>>> whatever its called and then press enter but unfortunately the Macbook >>>> boots up as it normally should. >>>> >>>> Yes, I’ve tried hitting the right arrow after releasing the option key at >>>> start-up <smile>. >>>> >>>> I take it the option key is the key next to command? >>>> >>>> >>>> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> >>>> >>>> To reply to this post, please address your message to >>>> mac-access@mac-access.net >>>> >>>> You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum >>>> at the list's public Mail Archive: >>>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. >>>> Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: >>>> <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> >>>> >>>> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we always strive to ensure that >>>> the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and >>>> worm-free. 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