Thank you for all of the helpful information. I did go into recovery mode and repair disk permissions. It took about 15 minutes. It did not help the problem. I then went into recovery mode and chose to reinstall the OS. I am now stuck at signing into the App Store. It has been on that screen since about 11:30 last night. is there anything I can do to get past that screen?
Kristeen Hughes > On Oct 14, 2014, at 10:40 PM, Eileen Misrahi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Tim, > > Gee!!! Why didn't I think of that solution? Thanks for posting this. I do > know that I needed to use the FN key to access some of the VO speech output. > I'm still learning so much after a year of owning my MacBook Air. It's > amazing that there are so many solutions or just one if you think out of the > box. I know with time that I'll add more items to my bag of tricks when I > need to troubleshoot. For now, I'll leave it up to the awesome experts on the > list. Thanks again for the keystroke. > > Best, > Eileen > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> Concerning the raising of the volume in Recovery mode, you can often press >> VO-cmd-left three times then VO-cmd-up a few times and the volume will >> increase. This is a normal VO command that can be used most of the time. >> The VO-cmd-left/right moves you through the Rate, Voice, Intonation, Volume >> and Pitch and the VO-cmd-up/down changes those levels on the fly. >> >> Later... >> >> Tim Kilburn >> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >> >>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 5:48 PM, Eileen Misrahi <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> >>> I can really feel your frustrations. Fortunately, my MacBook Air was an >>> easy fix at the Apple Store today. One thing I want to add, when booting up >>> into recovery or other dianostic modes on the computer, voiceover can be >>> access with the command-F5. The voice is not Alex, but some other boyish >>> voice, but at least there is accessibility to the information. The volume >>> is low and it can't be increased. Just letting you know about this pointer. >>> HTH. Good luck and you may need to contact Apple Care. >>> >>> Best, >>> Eileen >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:37 PM, Rachel Feinberg <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Kristeen, >>>> >>>> I don't know if this is accessible, but in looking up keyboard shortcuts >>>> for starting up a Mac if something's not working properly, you can try >>>> holding down D at start up. It will start the apple hardware test, which >>>> may tell you something about your drives if they are connected. >>>> Rachel. >>>>> On Oct 14, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Kristeen Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Earlier today I noticed that my computer could not see my two external >>>>> drives which were connected via USB. I decided a reboot was in order, >>>>> since most of the time this fixes that type of an issue. There was no >>>>> voice over when the computer restarted. I was unable to tell whether the >>>>> computer booted all the way or not because of having no speech. I tried >>>>> rebooting several more times, but the result was still the same.I >>>>> disconnected all peripherals, and was able to boot into recovery mode. I >>>>> went into disk utilities and repaired the disk. There seemed to be no >>>>> problem with the disc. The computer will still not reboot. >>>>> >>>>> Is there anything else I can try in recovery mode? Is there any other way >>>>> I can reboot the computer that will give me other diagnostic tools? 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