I've had situations where the volume has been quite low. I have no idea what effects it, but I would say that the volume is definitely lower than what you'd expect during the installation.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, [email protected] Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX Mountain Lion and LION AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On May 1, 2013, at 4:05 PM, "Chris Gilland" <[email protected]> wrote: > Tim, I don't recall it being all that low before restarting in recovery, but > you are correct in what you said about the p ram also helping. After I wrote > the message to the list, I thought about that, and was like... dang it I feel > smart right about now! > > Not? > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tim Kilburn > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:43 PM > Subject: Re: Strange issue with Mountain Lion Recovery > > Chris, > > First, your regular volume commands of F11/F12 are not usable in Recovery > mode or in ASR kinds of partitions. That's normal behaviour. Two ways to > get around this is to either press VO-cmd-right arro until you hear VO say > "volume", then press VO-cmd-up arrow to raise the volume. Alternatively, you > can reset the PRAM which will put the volume back to a default level which is > likely at a more ear friendly level. What probably happened is that her > computer volume was set really low when you restarted and entered the > Recovery partition so that's the level you get. > > Hope this makes sense. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-05-01, at 10:36 AM, Chris Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I have a client who has brought me her 2009 white 13 inch macbook as she >> needed a recovery done of Mountain Lion and needed her drive wiped. I'm not >> gonna go into the specifics, but her hard disk was pretty bad off, let's >> just put it that way. Anyway, I've managed to get into the recovery, and >> with her help, we got the installation started, but here is my questino. The >> startup chime, as well as Voiceover with the Fred voices in the recovery is >> profoundly! quiet! I can't hit F12 nor fn+F12 to bring it up any. Before >> you all say it's gonna be way quieter than it is when you're actually booted >> into the OS... I completely realize that, remember, I do this stuff for a >> living, but when I say quiet, I mean quiet! this sucker's barely! and >> I mean, barely! audible! Putting my ear literally touching the plastic >> casing of the system doesn't even make it >> intelligible. What in the heck could be causing this. She's paying me >> hourly to do this, and have left the system in my care while running some >> arrends. I'm just wonderring if there is anything maybe I coudl check >> that could be going wrong. >> >> >> >> Chris. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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?hl=en. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > 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?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
