I suspect you have no monitor attached. my laptops does that when I use them and the lidis closed. Perhaps there’s a setting to ignore the fact that fthe monitor is attached. Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 26, 2025, at 6:18 AM, Steve Matzura <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lori, > > My Max have been doing that for years. I could never figure out what exactly > wants authentication. There are no hidden windows, I think it’s just a > VoiceOver vaguary. > >> On Nov 26, 2025, at 2:58 AM, Lorie McCloud <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> last night I turned off my Mac Mini running Sequoia. ever since I turned it >> back on vo’s been saying “authentication” each time I close Safari or mail. >> I can’t move at all until I press command-tab then I get: Finder. anybody >> have any suggestions as to why it might be doing that? >> >> thanks. >> Lorie >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: >> [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/96D24109-904C-4057-B12C-5DF95E43A0D7%40gmail.com. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/90FA0801-5796-4CA7-A238-586CE20675BE%40noisynotes.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/A733DA6F-F52C-4789-9FEC-B4B55220A17A%40gmail.com.
