Hi all
I was frustrated with the stuttering speech at startup on my late 2011
Macbook Pro 13 inch. I contemplated doing a clean install and finally
got round to doing this today. I thought I would share my experience
after years of reinstalling Windows countless times. Fortunately the
stuttering has gone away for now. Note I was using a flash drive to boot
into the Os X Installer which I made thanks to a free program called
Diskmakerx formally Lion Disc Maker.
Let me stress that the entire process can be done completely independent
of sight thanks to VoiceOver or be it a temporary copy if you like
shipping with Os X Installer. The Fred voice is used which will remind
you of Dectalk. Sure VoiceOver does not start automatically, never does,
but pressing command-f5 is all you need to do to get the installer to
talk. I believe Braille support is even included so even a deafblind
person can do this.
I got a bit lost in translation when it came to rebuilding my disk which
I personally wanted to do so could really start fresh. Turned out all I
had to do was choose 1 from the partition layout pop-up button, click
apply and it does the rest including formatting the entire partition in
this case. So intuitive! Because I was so used to Windows ways of
reinstalling I thought I had to remove all partitions first. No wonder I
wasn't getting anywhere as Os X doesn't work like that.
The installation process was very straightforward indeed. Although for
some reason it got stuck right at the end of preparing to install. I was
on the landline at the time when the mac suddenly rebooted into the
installer loaded on the newly created partition. Os X Installer took
care of the rest. Finally I set up my new install again completely
independent of sight as by this time you are in the actual Os X
installation. You do not need to do anything at this point as after
about a minute a prerecorded voice lets you know about VoiceOver and how
to get started. All Macs do this whether just bought or after a clean
install. So just follow the verbal propts and set up your mac.
Hope you find this valuable. Enjoy!
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Christopher Hallsworth
Student at the Hadley School for the Blind
www.hadley.edu
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