Are you talking about the BAttery plugin under Menu Extras? It won't let me 
open that.  Or do I need to look elsewhere in the Core SErvices folder?

Jane




On Apr 17, 2014, at 3:32 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hmmm.  I wouldn't bother doing another repair after this, as some items just 
> don't seem to repair themselves.  How about you try the following:
> 
> * Go to your Finder.
> * Open your Macintosh HD
> * Open the System folder.
> * Open the Library folder
> * Open the Core Services folder.
> * Open the Battery item.
> 
> Now try accessing your Menu Extras again with VO-m-m and see if the Battery 
> Status menu is available.  If it is, then do the same process to get some of 
> the other extras back onto the Status Menus.  If that doesn't do it, let me 
> know.
> 
> Later...
> 
> Tim Kilburn
> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
> 
> On Apr 17, 2014, at 12:38 PM, Jane <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> I am repairing permissions for the third tie now and I am down to one 
>> permission that needs to be repaired. Interestingly, it has nothing to do 
>> with Status menus. It has to do with Safari. I still can't access the extra 
>> menus, though.
>> Jane
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:07 AM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> Don't rush to the reformat, that is a drastic and usually unnecessary task. 
>>>  Try to do a repair permissions first.  To do so...
>>> 
>>> * Go to the Finder.
>>> * Press cmd-shift-u to open the Utilities folder.
>>> * Navigate to the Disk Utility app and open it.
>>> * From the table of disks, select your Macintosh HD.
>>> * Stop Interacting with the table and select the First Aid tab.
>>> * Navigate to the Repair Disk Permissions button and press it with VO-space.
>>> * Wait patiently as it does its task.
>>> 
>>> Sometimes this needs performed more than once to fix most permission 
>>> errors.  In some cases, you'll need to perform this from the Recovery 
>>> Partition, but I'll wait to see if this does the job first.  By the way, 
>>> what exactly happens when you press the VO-m-m command?  Is there an alert 
>>> sound or simply takes you somewhere but no Menu Extras are available.
>>> 
>>> Later...
>>> 
>>> Tim Kilburn
>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>> 
>>> On Apr 16, 2014, at 4:16 PM, Jane <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Yep, I have tried with both. It doesn't work I bet I am going to have to 
>>>> reformat and re-install once I have stuff backed up, *sigh*
>>>> 
>>>> Jane
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:13 PM, John Panarese <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>>  Are you using VO-m twice or control-F8 to get to the status menus?  This 
>>>>> is not typical behavior.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Take Care
>>>>> 
>>>>> John D. Panarese
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>>>>> On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:11 PM, Jane <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi there.
>>>>>> I tried both cycling VO off and on and a re-start of this computer. It 
>>>>>> didn't make a difference. Any other thoughts?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jane
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Apr 16, 2014, at 6:00 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I would just suggest either cycling VO off then on or restarting your 
>>>>>>> Mac.  This is not normal behaviour so, something has become confused.  
>>>>>>> The cycling off/on of VO may do the trick but the restart is best and 
>>>>>>> if that doesn't fix it, then post again.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Later...
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Tim Kilburn
>>>>>>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On Apr 16, 2014, at 3:19 PM, Robert C <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Funny this comes up today for I just ran into the same issue except I 
>>>>>>>> could not bring up the menu bar and control f3 did not work. Had to 
>>>>>>>> restart the Mac.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Quote of the nanosecond . . .
>>>>>>>> "Be lions roaring through the forests of knowledge."
>>>>>>>> --Bahá'í Scriptures
>>>>>>>> Robert & Annie Yanni ke7nwn
>>>>>>>> E-mail-
>>>>>>>> [email protected]
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On 4/16/2014 11:18 AM, Jane wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I can't seem to get to my Status menu things at all. VO-m twice 
>>>>>>>>> doesn't work. None of the trackpad commands seem to work. I guess it 
>>>>>>>>> is there, somewhere, but I can't access it. Do any of you have ideas?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> Jane
>>>>>>>>> 
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