Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

tember 2016 9:33 AM > To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via ; > Ramy Moustafa > Subject: Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini > > Hey Ramy, congratulations on getting squared away. DOn’t hesitate to ask > questions here it’s a pleasure to help you ou

RE: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

ies@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Granados Sent: Saturday, 24 September 2016 9:33 AM To: MacVisionaries 'Chris Blouch' via ; Ramy Moustafa Subject: Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini Hey Ramy, congratulations on getting sq

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Hey Ramy, congratulations on getting squared away. DOn’t hesitate to ask questions here it’s a pleasure to help you out and soon you’ll be an old hand and able to help the next person starting out with the Mac. Good news is here that this whole process is accessible to us. Can’t do this sort

RE: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

w about it. -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramy Moustafa Sent: Saturday, 24 September 2016 1:48 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini Hello all my friend

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Hi, That's good to hear. I hope this next try is less problematic than your first attempt. Please don't feel bad about asking further questions, we're all here to help each other. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 23, 2016, at 07:47, Ramy Moustafa wrote: Hello all my fr

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Hello all my friends: I think this will be the last message in this long thread. Thanks so much, with your help, my mac mini now has the 10.8 mountain lion which it was shipped with. and am downloading sierra now. Thanks again for your help On 9/22/16, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > I can't believe mys

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

I can't believe myself, it'w working? no not working, but at least start installing. I discovered, the issue. , it was that the Voice over made automatic interaction with the table of hard disks. so, I can not find the install button at all. don't know why this happened. but this is what happened.

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Hi, There's no way that it should be taking that long. In the window that's on your screen, what sorts of things are announced? Dimmed buttons? Progress bars? Anything? Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 21, 2016, at 01:28, Ramy Moustafa wrote: Good morning Tim Scott an

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Good morning Tim Scott and gsimon and all: tell now from about 12 hours I have only the Mac HD message and using the VO F2 F2 brains just one window install OS window this is the only window so I don't know if it's downloading or not Please I need your help.and my Internet connection is a stabl

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

>> folder >>>>> Command shift A to get in there. >>>>> >>>>> Running that or the APP file in side the dmg will start the process. >>>>> >>>>> If as Tim commented things might be correupted >>>>> Then

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

your applications >>>>> folder >>>>> Command shift A to get in there. >>>>> >>>>> Running that or the APP file in side the dmg will start the process. >>>>> >>>>> If as Tim commented things might be correupte

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

de the dmg will start the process. >>>> >>>> If as Tim commented things might be correupted >>>> Then my question is do you have any content on the machine that you >>>> don't >>>> wish to lose? >>>> >>>> I pre

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

>>> wish to lose? >>>> >>>> I prefer in these situations to wipe my HD and have the install run >>>> from >>>> scratch rather than an update of the OS over a possibly corrupted >>>> existing >>>> install. >>>>

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

> >>> I prefer in these situations to wipe my HD and have the install run from >>> scratch rather than an update of the OS over a possibly corrupted >>> existing >>> install. >>> >>> Hope this makes sense. >>> -Original Message- &g

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

te of the OS over a possibly corrupted >> existing >> install. >> >> Hope this makes sense. >> -Original Message- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramy Moustafa >> Sent: Tuesday, 20 Septem

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

cvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramy Moustafa > Sent: Tuesday, 20 September 2016 8:29 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini > > On 9/20/16, Ramy Moustafa

RE: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

isionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini On 9/20/16, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > HThanks so much for your advice, til now nothing. I force shut down, > by long press on the power, and starting again. with Command option r. > hope that I can ge

RE: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

you. Hope this helps. Simon F -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ramy Moustafa Sent: Tuesday, 20 September 2016 8:29 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

On 9/20/16, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > HThanks so much for your advice, til now nothing. I force shut down, > by long press on the power, and starting again. with Command option r. > hope that I can get something in this time > > > On 9/19/16, Tim Kilburn wrote: >> Hi, >> >> No problem. I hope that

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

HThanks so much for your advice, til now nothing. I force shut down, by long press on the power, and starting again. with Command option r. hope that I can get something in this time On 9/19/16, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > No problem. I hope that you don't mind that I'm slow at responding > so

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Hi, No problem. I hope that you don't mind that I'm slow at responding sometimes. Too many things going on. Anyway, whether it's the cmd-r or the cmd-option-r, you only need to hold it down for about 3 or 4 seconds. As soon as the Startup Chime sounds, press the key combination. Hold it do

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

great, but must I press command option r for how many minutes? sorry for all my messages, but really you are my only source On 9/19/16, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > The cmd-r needs to be down as the Startup Chime is sounding. It will > usually take a minute or two before VO is available. It's

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Hi, The cmd-r needs to be down as the Startup Chime is sounding. It will usually take a minute or two before VO is available. It's possible though that your system got corrupt in the last attempt. In that case, use cmd-option-r instead. This will start your Mac up from the Internet. It may

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

I made a restart, with command+r, nothing at all, I'm trying to press, command r, while opening, but nothing happened, no voice over at all. after the mac chimes, I press command r, then I release them. On 9/19/16, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Yes, restart it please. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort M

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Yes, restart it please. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 19, 2016, at 14:12, Ramy Moustafa wrote: it says that , no window, hitting command q, command W, doesn't change the matter, should I make a restart, and repeat what was happened? On 9/19/16, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi,

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

it says that , no window, hitting command q, command W, doesn't change the matter, should I make a restart, and repeat what was happened? On 9/19/16, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > That's not normal behaviour. Try pressing cmd-q to Quit the installer. See > what it says. You may need to start ov

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Hi, That's not normal behaviour. Try pressing cmd-q to Quit the installer. See what it says. You may need to start over since there was such a long time between the initial installation startup process and the Apple ID entry. Usually shouldn't matter, but you should also be seeing a progres

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Ok, will tell you what's going on, but til now, nothing changed. no windows. On 9/19/16, Scott Granados wrote: > I think it’s starting to install, wait a few minute and let us know if that > changes. > > And we’re glad to help, this list might get chatty and rough here and there > but we’re all

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

I think it’s starting to install, wait a few minute and let us know if that changes. And we’re glad to help, this list might get chatty and rough here and there but we’re all glad to help out, happy you’re making progress. > On Sep 19, 2016, at 3:34 PM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > > Hello: > > o

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Hello: ok, finally, I did it, with your help,and I signed in with my apple id. Thanks allo for helping. now, I have voice over saying that osx has no windows, and even the vo+f2f2 says that no windows in the widnow chooser menu. This happened after I signed in. On 9/19/16, E.T. wrote: > T

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Sorry wrong keyboard. Its actually above the forward delete key above the arrow keys. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 9/19/2016 12:11 PM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: I'm using the full Apple wire keyboard, so, I think it doesn't have the Fn key,

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

The Apple wired keyboard has an FN key, lower left. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 9/19/2016 12:11 PM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: I'm using the full Apple wire keyboard, so, I think it doesn't have the Fn key, this is not a lap top anyway. so,

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Hi, Yes it does have the FN key. It's located where the Insert key usually is on a Windows keyboard. So, the top left of the group of six keys where the Home, End, Page Up, Page Down and Forward Delete, just above the Forward Delete key. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

I'm using the full Apple wire keyboard, so, I think it doesn't have the Fn key, this is not a lap top anyway. so, does this keyboard contains fn key? On 9/19/16, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > Hold down your FN key at the same time as the VO keys. Sometimes, if your > keyboard settings are set to

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Hi, Hold down your FN key at the same time as the VO keys. Sometimes, if your keyboard settings are set to have the Function keys behave in a specific manner, the FN key is required along with this key combination. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 19, 2016, at 12:52, Ramy

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

The voiceover is working sir Ramy moustafa saber licturer at: faculty of musical education music arranger and sound engineer Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 19, 2016, at 9:04 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > > Try command F5 and see if Voice over restarts, sounds like it might have > turned off during

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Try command F5 and see if Voice over restarts, sounds like it might have turned off during the process. > On Sep 19, 2016, at 2:52 PM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: > > Hello, I hit VO+f2f2, and I got only the ding from the Mac system, I > didn't get any response. > so, what is the issue? > > On 9/19/1

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Hello, I hit VO+f2f2, and I got only the ding from the Mac system, I didn't get any response. so, what is the issue? On 9/19/16, Tim Kilburn wrote: > Hi, > > It sounds like it's waiting for you to enter something. Press VO-f2-f2 to > bring up the Window Chooser and there's probably a dialog wait

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Hi, It sounds like it's waiting for you to enter something. Press VO-f2-f2 to bring up the Window Chooser and there's probably a dialog waiting for your password. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Sep 19, 2016, at 11:41, Ramy Moustafa wrote: Hi sir Scotte: 3 hours now, and I

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Hi sir Scotte: 3 hours now, and I got the message: signing to mac appstore, progress bar busy. I erezed my Mac hd, and I hit reinstall mac osx, I hit agree, and this is the message that I got for 3 hours. so what shall I do? I'm connected to the internet. Thanks On 9/19/16, Scott Granados wrote

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Select disk utility, select the macintosh hd or what ever you named your volume, erase it, exit the utility and run reinstall. Should be good to go. Reinstall I think drops the install over the top of the old one if the disk isn’t cleared first, this may have changed more recently but the above

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Remy, Perhaps this Apple support article can answer some of your questions. From E.T.'s Keyboard... Are We Alone in the Universe? ancient.ali...@icloud.com On 9/18/2016 3:44 PM, Ramy Moustafa wrote: Thank you Scott. But now I am in the recovery m

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Thank you Scott. But now I am in the recovery mode.so what Chad I chose reinstalling OS or the disk utility? I need to get rid of all my data on my Mac it's D if I choose reinstall when it's remove my data? I need to make clean in the store.thank you Ramy moustafa saber licturer at: faculty of

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

If you boot in recover mode it will either download what it needs or install from the recover partition. Part of your hard disk is partitioned and has the operating system on it for installation. Everything you need should be already inlace or automatic. YOu’ll use your Apple ID, log in and fo

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Hello Sir Scott Thanks so much but will it install online or what must I download his assistant before installing or it will download it automatically? Thank you so much. Ramy moustafa saber licturer at: faculty of musical education music arranger and sound engineer Sent from my iPhone > On S

Re: Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Hi there, this is one of the high points of the Mac, voice over is available during the entire install process. You can activate voice over during install and get spoken directions the whole way. Remember once in a while a new phase may start with out voice but pressing command F5 again will r

Installing a fresh copy of El Capitan on my Mac mini

Hello all people I decided to install a fresh new and Capi 10 but but I need to know if there are any procedures that I must follow before doing this and will VoiceOver help me in achieving this? Thanks in advance Ramy moustafa saber Musicc instructor at: faculty of musical education music arra