Purchased an Imac (El Capitan) a few weeks ago for a project. Having spent 25+ years using Microsoft desktops I struggled a bit with the 'Apple' way of doing things but the Imac worked beautifully.
Having finished the project, I wanted to do a factory reset to clear-off all of my data in readiness to pass the machine to another user. First problem that my non-Apple keyboard (logitech usb wireless) would not give me access to the Disk Utilities menu. So I used Terminal to get it to reboot into the right menu, went into Disk Utilities and erased the HD.
But having rebooted I cannot access (tried all the key combinations I can find on the internet) anything other than Utilities whereas I want to get into the menu that allows me to reinstall El Capitan from my Install USB. Thought I would be able to use a Terminal command but the Imac doesnt seem to recognise (not installed?) Terminal commands anymore!
In summary, my fundamental problem seems to lie with the keyboard that I am using - internet suggests others have had similar experiences with non-Apple, wireless keyboards - but am reluctant to buy another JUST to be able to boot from my USB! Is there any other way from me to restore the Terminal functiolaity?
Having finished the project, I wanted to do a factory reset to clear-off all of my data in readiness to pass the machine to another user. First problem that my non-Apple keyboard (logitech usb wireless) would not give me access to the Disk Utilities menu. So I used Terminal to get it to reboot into the right menu, went into Disk Utilities and erased the HD.
But having rebooted I cannot access (tried all the key combinations I can find on the internet) anything other than Utilities whereas I want to get into the menu that allows me to reinstall El Capitan from my Install USB. Thought I would be able to use a Terminal command but the Imac doesnt seem to recognise (not installed?) Terminal commands anymore!
In summary, my fundamental problem seems to lie with the keyboard that I am using - internet suggests others have had similar experiences with non-Apple, wireless keyboards - but am reluctant to buy another JUST to be able to boot from my USB! Is there any other way from me to restore the Terminal functiolaity?
