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I need help using Voiceover to access my dead-screen MacBook Pro
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Date: 08/21/2008


Anybody out there proficient with Apple OS X Voiceover, the interface for sight-impaired users? My MacBook Pro screen is completely dead but the computer is alive. I want to use Voiceover to navigate to the Sharing Preferences and turn on screen sharing so I can access the screenless computer across the network.

This is not an exercise to retrieve the data - I've got that already through regular backups and mounting the computer in target mode as well.

I've read about a few terminal commands that might help clear up my dead screen (assuming there's a software cause - this happened two weeks ago as well, but it came back after several restarts. This time, not). Also, I want to deauthorize the computer in iTunes.

I've tried connecting an external monitor - but apparently it's the entire video subsystem that's acting up, as no external monitor displays anything as well.

I know this is an obscure one, but, I'm lost having never used Voiceover before. I'm looking for step-by-step or at least a decent online tutorial to using Voiceover to click buttons etc.

Source: http://ask.metafilter.com/99716/I-need-help-using-Voiceover-to-access-my-deadscreen-MacBook-Pro

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