I appreciate the information on this. just in case I have to deal with an iMac in the office mum uses for her ork. as it's a new iMac it doesn't ship with recovery media for reflashing, etc.
we have both wireless and wired ethernet throughout so shouldn't be a problem. my question is, with a cable ethernet connection, is it still accessible to perform a full rebuild of the OS and apps? lew On 4 Feb 2012, at 20:23, Daniel Miller wrote: > Hi, > > Unfortunately, your machine won't be connected to Wifi by default when you > boot the recovery partician. To add to the unfortunate news, VoiceOver is > unable to access the Wifi menu at the top right of the menubar so you can > connect to a network. The only way for a visually impaired person to > reinstall using recovery mode is through an ethernet cable. I've contacted > apple about this countless times, and the most recent response I've gotten > is that they're investigating a possible fix. They had no idea this couldn't > even be done with VoiceOver. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anouk Radix > Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2012 2:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: verifying/connecting mba to wifi in recovery mode > > Hi everyone, I want to completely reinstall lion on my macbook air that came > preinstalled with it. I turned off disk encryption and was able to open the > recovery partition while booting by pressing command+r. The help document > states though that, ifyou want to reinstall, you have to be connected to the > internet. I am not sure if the computer is connected or how i can connect > because i cant read the status menu (command+2x m). I know my laptop is > normally connected to wifi but am not sure if these settings are stored on > the recovery disk as well. How can i check if the machine is connected and > connect it manually if it is not/ Or is it not needed after all if you just > want a standard reinstall? > Thanks in advance for any information, > Greetings, Anouk, > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > Founder: Mr. L. Alexander. Free Macs For The Blind. E-Mail: [email protected] Direct Contact: 07936 877500. WEBSITE: http://freemacsfortheblind.wordpress.com. Twitter: @macsfortheblind. Skype: freemacsfortheblind Free Macs For The blind is a charity project supplying older but working apple macs for blind and visually impaired people throughout the UK FOR FREE! Do you have an old unwanted mac, any hardware, software, old PC's, etc or a copy of outspoken 9.2 you would be willing to donate? please get in touch. Mac Access Dot Net; The British Mac Accessibility Network, we're here to help anybody disabled with anything Apple! http://www.mac-access.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
