Hi Tim,

I knew about that method, but the internet seemed to exclusively recommend a 
bootable key.

At any rate, I have followed your instructions and it worked great.

Thanks.

Jeff


> On Nov 14, 2019, at 9:39 AM, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries 
> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Instead of using the bootable installer, do this:
> 
> • start your Mac in Recovery Mode.
> • Select Disk Utility from the MacOS Utilities table then press Continue.
> • Select Macintosh HD from the Selected Disks table.
> • Press Erase in the Toolbar.
> • Make sure the name is Macintosh HD and that the format is APFS then press 
> the Erase button.
> • After it's done, press the Done button and cmd-q to Quit Disk Utility.
> • Select Re-Install MacOS from the MacOS Utilities table then press Continue.
> • Follow the prompts.  It should be Continue, Agree, Agree.
> • Select the Macintosh HD as the installation drive then press Install.
> 
> Let it do it's thing.  Should take about 1/2 an hour to 40 minutes and it's 
> all done.
> 
> Later...
> 
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Apple Teacher
> (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)
> Jamf Certified Associate
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Nov 14, 2019, at 07:23, Jeff Berwick <mailingli...@berwick.name 
> <mailto:mailingli...@berwick.name>> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I have been having issues with Voiceover on my new MacBook Pro, so the advice 
> is to do a clean install.  Not a big deal as it is already pretty clean.
> 
> At any rate, I have created a bootable Catalina installer as per the 
> instructions on the internet, but it does not show up under System 
> Preferences > Start Up Disks.
> 
> Any thoughts on what I can do to get it to show up?
> 
> Tia,
> Jeff
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