Did you somehow change the activation keyboard shortcut for Launch Bar? That is the only thing I can think of off the top of my head.
Take Care John D. Panarese Director Mac for the Blind Tel, (631) 724-4479 Email, j...@macfortheblind.com Website, http://www.macfortheblind.com APPLE CERTIFIED SUPPORT PROFESSIONAL FOR MAC OSX 10.7 LION and 10.8 Mountain Lion AUTHORIZED APPLE STORE BUSINESS AFFILIATE MAC and iOS VOICEOVER TRAINING AND SUPPORT On Jul 9, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Brian Fischler <brianfisch...@me.com> wrote: > Hey guys, > > Thanks so much for the response. Will try and address all of you here. I am > running version 6.1.2 I believe been two recent updates. When Launch Bar pops > up and basically hijacks my computer the escape key doesn't get me out of it, > I just get a ding which is the sound I have set for an error. > > Robert, to answer your question more I can be in anything safari, mail, > pages, etc and be working on something and out of the blue Launch Bar pops > up. I have command space set to launch Launch Bar and Launch Bar is taking > over my computer without those keys being pressed. For example as I was > typing that email yesterday Launch Bar just popped up while I was typing and > the only reason I know it did is I have different voices set for different > activities so I knew I was typing in Launch Bar instead of the email as the > voice changed. The only reason it isn't popping up now is I had to quit > Launch Bar as it was happening more and more frequently making me unable to > actually get anything done as it was just interfering with my work. I am > assuming that I might be able to uninstall it and reinstall it from scratch > which might be my best option if no one else is having these issues. I had > also looked through all the preferences in Launch Bar and couldn't find > anything that might need to be changed setting wise. Any other ideas? Thanks. > On Jul 9, 2014, at 9:00 AM, ROBERT CARTER <nc5rn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Brian, >> >> Launchbar never does anything for me unless I press the hotkey. What do you >> mean that it is popping up when you are doing other things? Something is >> definitely not right. >> >> Robert Carter >> >> >> On Jul 8, 2014, at 12:52 PM, Brian Fischler <brianfisch...@me.com> wrote: >> >>> I am kind of a newbie with Launch Bar and am running the latest version, >>> and am hoping this is just a setting that I need to change otherwise this >>> program is awful. I constantly have Launch Bar popping up and taking me >>> away from my current task. For example as I was writing the first sentence >>> to this email Launch Bar decided to pop up and be my main focus then I have >>> to command accent to get out of Launch Bar which will take me back to the >>> second to last program I was using then another command accent to get back >>> to the program I was using. As you can imagine Launch Bar constantly taking >>> me away from what I am doing is quite annoying. Not sure if this is some >>> constant reindexing going on all, all I know is I hate it. Also I have >>> noticed that when I am in Launch Bar none of my keyboard commanders work to >>> get me out of Launch Bar. Anyway around this? Thanks. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
