I would try to hold the command-r keys even before you hear the chime
sound. Keep them down for a good twenty seconds and then wait another half
minute before you press command-F5 for VoiceOver. You can, I believe, use the
startup manager by holding the option key when booting and after about twenty
seconds, let go and press the left arrow once. Then, press, enter. Provided you
don’t have any other drives connected, that should load the recovery HD.
Take Care
John D. Panarese
Director
Mac for the Blind
Tel, (631) 724-4479
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On Jan 8, 2017, at 1:07 PM, Sarah Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Nope, I can do this, just did this 2 days ago to restore my computer during a
class I was teaching. So can't reproduce here.
On Jan 8, 2017, at 1:08 AM, Daniel McGee <danielmcgee134@xxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:danielmcgee134@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi all, running a late mac book pro 2011 and can anyone confirm the
following.
1. Turn on your mac and wait for the chime sound then hit cmd R. For a
number of seconds then release.
2. Wait for recovery to load then hit cmd F5 to start voiceover.
Shockingly, at least my end, VO fails to start up at all. Tried it twice
and failed on both attempts. Running latest update of Sierra.
I'm wanting to downgrade back to Yosemite because don't get me wrong it's a
nice update and all that, but it kills my battery life like insanely fast
and not to mention the MBP gets hotter more underneath and I've also notice
that the fan kicks in more. It's not like I'm doing anything processer
intensive. All I need to do is to start navigating mail messages and the fan
kicks in.
Regards
Daniel
