If you have an older Mac, just type in the username and hit return. Then, type in the password and hit return. The Mac should load up at that point.
On my machine, I get a single beep before the username, a double beep after entering the username and three beeps upon successful entering of the password. Jeff > On Oct 9, 2019, at 4:36 PM, Petrus Tuerlings <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi guys, > Well that kind of worked but didn’t work. I got voiceover to start when I > restarted my wife’s Mac, and all it said was Voiceover on, user name. It > didn’t give me anywhere to enter the password to unlock the Mac, I even tried > to tab around to find the password field and all it kept saying was voiceover > on user name. I tried turning voiceover off and entering her password but > that isn’t work either. So now I’ll have to wait until she gets home as I > can’t unlock it now. I thought if I enabled voiceover to start on startup > I’d be able to unlock the Mac with voiceover on. > Oh, Simon, my wife’s Mac hasn’t got the Touch Bar. > >> On 10/10/2019, at 09:11, Simon A Fogarty <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hi Petrus, >> >> So on the touch bar machines, >> >> Press the top right hand corner key three times quickly to bring up the >> accessibility list, >> >> Tab down to voiceover and hit space bar on it, then hit the letter v to >> start vo as it would normally be. >> >> Then to start it from the command prompt go into system preferences, >> Users and groups, >> Go across to the padlock and unlock it, >> Then back to the users / groups list, >> Highlight the very bottom user / feature which should be Log in and >> >> Then there should be an option to start voiceover at the log in screen. >> >> Check that and then exit should be all you need to do. >> From:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>On Behalf Of Petrus Tuerlings >> Sent: Thursday, 10 October 2019 8:42 AM >> To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> Subject: Voiceover on startup >> >> Hi all, >> This is going to sound like a silly and basic question. How does one turn on >> Voiceover to run on the startup of the Mac? I have it set up on my Mac of >> corse and a friend helped me set it up so I never found out what she did. >> I’d like to get voiceover to start up automatically on my wife’s Mac when I >> restart it. But not sure where I’m supposed to look to do this? >> Thanks, >> >> Petrus >> Sent from Petrus' MacBook >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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