Well that worked absolutely fine. Thanks. Sent from my iPhone
> On 6 Jul 2015, at 23:32, Buddy Brannan <[email protected]> wrote: > > Safe mode? I know nothing of this safe mode. CMD+r is the recovery partition. > > -- > Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA > Phone: 814-860-3194 > Mobile: 814-431-0962 > Email: [email protected] > > > > >> On Jul 6, 2015, at 11:42 AM, 'onlineeagle' via MacVisionaries >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Great, thanks Buddy, I'll give that a go. I tried booting into safemode a >> couple of days ago but that wouldn't talk, even with command f5. I'm going >> to be doing the format in a couple of hours. Just backing things up to a >> second USB drive. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On 6 Jul 2015, at 14:01, Buddy Brannan <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> No sighted help required. Shut down your Mac and then restart it while >>> holding down CMD+r as it chimes. Wait a few seconds, then let go. Wait a >>> bit longer and press CMD+F5. You can access disk utility from here with >>> Fred. Fred will walk you through a disk erase, then an OS reinstall. >>> >>> -- >>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA >>> Phone: 814-860-3194 >>> Mobile: 814-431-0962 >>> Email: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Jul 6, 2015, at 8:44 AM, 'onlineeagle' via MacVisionaries >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, I've managed to do something stupid with read write permitions and now >>>> my mac is running rediculously slow. I've tried repairin permitions but >>>> that hasn't helped. I think it might be a good idea for a format anyway, >>>> so I was wondering whether it is possible to do this without sighted help, >>>> or am I going to have to call in the eyes on this one? >>>> >>>> Thanks.Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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.
