I did, a few times. Eventually I went ahead with the hard shutdown. After some fiddling with user accounts, everything is working and I'm installing the latest updates. That was really odd, but at least it finally worked. Now, let's just hope the MBP holds up; my friend lent it to me since it refused to boot and always ran slowly. I'm hoping the clean install of a new OS will make things better. On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:56 AM, Jessica <[email protected]> wrote:
> Have you tried -mand, function f5? > Maybe that's what you'll have !d. Just a thought. > Jessica > [email protected] > > > > On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:46 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I usually can too. I hate to do a hard shutdown as it is still configuring, >> I think, but I see no other options at this point. >> On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Jessica <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have never seen this. >>> I was able to do the installation completely on my own. >>> >>> Jessica >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I got Mavericks to install on this 2010 MBP and am now at the setup >>>> screen. Suddenly, though, I lost speech. I didn't lose sound, as VO still >>>> makes its clicks and beeps, and I get error tones from OSX. There is a >>>> Voiceover dialog on the screen, just the rate adjustment, but it won't go >>>> away. Cmd-tab, cmd-w/q, escape, cmd-f5, even the power button all result >>>> in an error tone. I have no speech and can't figure out what went wrong. >>>> Has anyone ever seen this? Again, it is during the setup process; I gave >>>> the Mac my wifi password, skipped iCloud sign-in as it is not my machine, >>>> set the full name and admin password, and then this happened. Any ideas? >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex Hall >>>> [email protected] >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 [email protected]. >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 [email protected]. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> Have a great day, >> Alex Hall >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall [email protected] -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
