Boot Camp questions
Sorry for the long post but here goes... Well I finally did the deed - got W7HP on my iMac late 2009. The biggest problem was the fact the version of BC was 3.0 and very few of the drivers worked with W7. I tried to download the 3.1 update from apple several times prior to starting this task but I always got the 3.2 update not the 3.1 update (version I have with this iMac is 3.0). Having the ATI drivers loaded to a thumb drive worked well since the screen didn't go black for long periods of time. Once W7 came up and I got my network working, I ran Apple Update and it pulled down the 3.1 version of boot camp. Doing this with no Narrator was a pain since my help had to come in and check on things until after it all installed. Narrator, once started did not speak the warning screens asking if you want this program to update this computer so got stuck there. Once I got everything running - loaded Jaws 12 and all came up fine and working well... Now, it was late so my wife went to sleep so I have a question since I'm not home now. I tried researching this in the archives but can't find any reference to exactly when to hold the Option key (Alt on a Windows USB Keyboard) to get the boot options at startup. Is it before the iMac plays the startup noise or after and how long? Then, is the selection side by side or above and below each other on the screen. I've got OSX as my startup selection, but tried hitting Option at several points and moved the selection (what I thought would be the time to do it) but it still kept on bootting into OSX. If I change it in Startup Disk in SL, and restart it comes up in windows and vice versa. The other issue I'm having is the BT. It's on and working. I show all the drivers in the Device Manager under W7, but can't seem to get the keyboard and TrackPad found. I did get the mouse connected it seems. Any ideas?? -- Vince Mistretta My Tech / Programming mailbox -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Boot Camp questions
As soon as you hear the start up chime, hold down option for about 10 or 15 seconds and then press right arrow then press enter. On Jul 28, 2011, at 8:35 AM, Vince Mistretta wrote: Sorry for the long post but here goes... Well I finally did the deed - got W7HP on my iMac late 2009. The biggest problem was the fact the version of BC was 3.0 and very few of the drivers worked with W7. I tried to download the 3.1 update from apple several times prior to starting this task but I always got the 3.2 update not the 3.1 update (version I have with this iMac is 3.0). Having the ATI drivers loaded to a thumb drive worked well since the screen didn't go black for long periods of time. Once W7 came up and I got my network working, I ran Apple Update and it pulled down the 3.1 version of boot camp. Doing this with no Narrator was a pain since my help had to come in and check on things until after it all installed. Narrator, once started did not speak the warning screens asking if you want this program to update this computer so got stuck there. Once I got everything running - loaded Jaws 12 and all came up fine and working well... Now, it was late so my wife went to sleep so I have a question since I'm not home now. I tried researching this in the archives but can't find any reference to exactly when to hold the Option key (Alt on a Windows USB Keyboard) to get the boot options at startup. Is it before the iMac plays the startup noise or after and how long? Then, is the selection side by side or above and below each other on the screen. I've got OSX as my startup selection, but tried hitting Option at several points and moved the selection (what I thought would be the time to do it) but it still kept on bootting into OSX. If I change it in Startup Disk in SL, and restart it comes up in windows and vice versa. The other issue I'm having is the BT. It's on and working. I show all the drivers in the Device Manager under W7, but can't seem to get the keyboard and TrackPad found. I did get the mouse connected it seems. Any ideas?? -- Vince Mistretta My Tech / Programming mailbox -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Boot camp questions
IN terms of boot camp, I am not the expert but nobody else has answered yet. In the Utilities directory there is a program called bootcamp assistant . When you run this program it will partition your hard disk and perhaps do a little more setup. At that point you will need to install the OS just as you would on any other system. After installing the OS there is one additional step to get all the drivers in place which is done with the SNow Leopard disk. To switch between MacOS and BootCap you can select the boot partition from the control panel and that is 100% accessible. There is also the possibility of hitting the option key at boot which will bring up icons that are not accessible of all the boot partitions that are currently available. Jonathan On Jun 8, 2011, at 9:38 PM, Shannon Dyer wrote: Hi, all. There are a few programs that won't run on the mac, and so, I was told that, using boot camp, I could get windows to run on the Mac. I'm not sure how to do this though, as I see no reference to boot camp anywhere on this machine. Also, I'm wondering if this is something I can do myself, or, if I'll need sighted assistance. Lastly, once windows is installed, I understand that I have to choose between windows and Mac at start up. Will voiceover be active during this process? I'm really sorry for all the questions, and I do appreciate how helpful all of you have been. Shannon Are you a fan of women's music? If so, join me each Thursday from noon until three for the Eclectic Collection: a Celebration of Women In Music. Point your media player to: http://mojoradio.us/listen or www.mintfm.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Boot camp questions
Thank you for this. I had a feeling I would need sighted assistance with this, but I thought I'd check before tracking someone down. Thanks for taking the time to answer. It is very much appreciated. Shannon Are you a fan of women's music? If so, join me each Thursday from noon until three for the Eclectic Collection: a Celebration of Women In Music. Point your media player to: http://mojoradio.us/listen or www.mintfm.net On Jun 9, 2011, at 6:43 PM, Jon Cohn wrote: IN terms of boot camp, I am not the expert but nobody else has answered yet. In the Utilities directory there is a program called bootcamp assistant . When you run this program it will partition your hard disk and perhaps do a little more setup. At that point you will need to install the OS just as you would on any other system. After installing the OS there is one additional step to get all the drivers in place which is done with the SNow Leopard disk. To switch between MacOS and BootCap you can select the boot partition from the control panel and that is 100% accessible. There is also the possibility of hitting the option key at boot which will bring up icons that are not accessible of all the boot partitions that are currently available. Jonathan On Jun 8, 2011, at 9:38 PM, Shannon Dyer wrote: Hi, all. There are a few programs that won't run on the mac, and so, I was told that, using boot camp, I could get windows to run on the Mac. I'm not sure how to do this though, as I see no reference to boot camp anywhere on this machine. Also, I'm wondering if this is something I can do myself, or, if I'll need sighted assistance. Lastly, once windows is installed, I understand that I have to choose between windows and Mac at start up. Will voiceover be active during this process? I'm really sorry for all the questions, and I do appreciate how helpful all of you have been. Shannon Are you a fan of women's music? If so, join me each Thursday from noon until three for the Eclectic Collection: a Celebration of Women In Music. Point your media player to: http://mojoradio.us/listen or www.mintfm.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Boot camp questions
Hi, all. There are a few programs that won't run on the mac, and so, I was told that, using boot camp, I could get windows to run on the Mac. I'm not sure how to do this though, as I see no reference to boot camp anywhere on this machine. Also, I'm wondering if this is something I can do myself, or, if I'll need sighted assistance. Lastly, once windows is installed, I understand that I have to choose between windows and Mac at start up. Will voiceover be active during this process? I'm really sorry for all the questions, and I do appreciate how helpful all of you have been. Shannon Are you a fan of women's music? If so, join me each Thursday from noon until three for the Eclectic Collection: a Celebration of Women In Music. Point your media player to: http://mojoradio.us/listen or www.mintfm.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
Re: Boot camp questions
Shannon Dyer wrote: Hi, all. There are a few programs that won't run on the mac, and so, I was told that, using boot camp, I could get windows to run on the Mac. I'm not sure how to do this though, as I see no reference to boot camp anywhere on this machine. Also, I'm wondering if this is something I can do myself, or, if I'll need sighted assistance. Lastly, once windows is installed, I understand that I have to choose between windows and Mac at start up. Will voiceover be active during this process?Hello Shannon, Personally vmware fusion is a great $40 alternative because you can install and use windows independently. Boot camp requires sighted help, but does give you full ram and memory access without having to share. I'm really sorry for all the questions, and I do appreciate how helpful all of you have been. Shannon Are you a fan of women's music? If so, join me each Thursday from noon until three for the Eclectic Collection: a Celebration of Women In Music. Point your media player to: http://mojoradio.us/listen or www.mintfm.net -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
