Command-option-r boots into Internet Recovery which is not useful unless you either have sighted assistance to connect to your wifi network or you connect via ethernet. Command-r is what you want to boot into the recovery partition stored on disk.
Visit my groups: The Chat Zone [email protected] The Tech Zone [email protected] Apple Music [email protected] > On 28 Jun 2015, at 20:06, jeff `greene <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, You have to hold down command+option+r right after you press the > power button. Also, I would keep holding it down for a few seconds > after you hear the startup chime. Then, I would wait like two minutes > before trying the command+f5, it seems to take a while before VO is > available. > Hope this helps! Jeff > > > On 6/27/15, Grant <[email protected]> wrote: >> It sounds as though you are not pressing COMMAND+R quickly enough when the >> Mac starts up. Try pressing the keys sooner, such as immediately when the >> startup chime starts playing. When I need to enter recovery mode, I press >> the key combination so quickly that the chime is still playing while the >> keys are held down. >> >> As well, this is probably overkill, but if you have sighted help around, you >> could enter internet recovery instead by pressing COMMAND+OPTION+R rather >> than COMMAND+R. This starts the computer directly from Apple's servers and >> will allow you to put it back to factory condition, including recreating the >> recovery partition and installing the version of OS X that originally >> shipped with the computer. You could then use the Mac App Store to upgrade >> to the latest version of OS X. If you go this route, which I emphasize is >> probably unnecessary, you will need sighted help at the beginning as >> VoiceOver will not be immediately available. >> >> Grant >> >>> On Jun 27, 2015, at 3:29 PM, Mauricio Molina <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> This is the same information I found using Google, but for some reason, it >>> does not work. There is a sign in and password and I use the password to >>> log in at all times. What I am doing is as soon as the MacBook is powered >>> on, I immediately hold down command and the letter R , but I always get to >>> the account log on window. Since command R did not work before the logging >>> in window appears, I hold down the combination after typing the password >>> to log in and this still has not worked. I have not seen anything like the >>> ability to reformat or wipe the system clean to start over. Any ideas? >>> >>> Mauricio >>> >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anders Holmberg >>> Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2015 9:03 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: Wiping A Mac Clean and Starting Over >>> >>> >>> Hi.you can do that by holding down the command key together with the >>> letter R Now you are in the recovery mode.press command F5 to start >>> voice-over.here you can do a lot of things. For example there is an option >>> to reinstall the OS and start over.good luck >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
