While it seems unlikely, I suppose it is possible spotlight is still indexing your files if you don't leave your mac turned on. If you do a command space and then vo+down arrow does it say anything about spotlight helping to find files and that not all results may be include? If so, leave your mac turned on for a few hours and the speed may increase. On Jul 26, 2011, at 11:35 AM, Matthew Campbell wrote:
> Hello Larry. > Wow! It sounds like you are having one heck of a time with Lion after you're > upgrade. > I'd suggest repairing disk permissions to start. Another thing you might try > is to download a mac maintenance tool like onyx to run some of the general > mac maintenance tasks. > The problems you are having with mail and software update are definitely not > happening over here but VoiceOver does definitely have some issues. My > suggestion to you would be to contact the Apple accessibility team and let > them know about you're findings with zoom, reverse contrast, and VoiceOver. > Even if they don't respond, they'll take what you say to heart. > Let me know if I can help further. > Matthew Campbell. > > On 2011-07-26, at 10:46 AM, Larry Wanger wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I'm sure that some of what I'm about to say has already been posted by >> others on this list. But, in the interests of documenting bugs and seeking >> solutions that may have been found I want to share some of my experiences >> with Lion. Honestly, I can't believe that Lion was released in its present >> state. This along with the continuing problems I have with the software >> running my Apple TV make me wonder what the heck is happening at Apple >> headquarters. Apple is known for quality software and products that just >> work. Lion in my view is an epic failure. >> >> I upgraded to Lion last week when it was released and have experienced >> increasing problems. Some of them include: >> >> 1. Voiceover has a bug where for no reason what so ever the voice changes to >> what sounds like a demonic tone. I may be in the middle of reading something >> and the voice will change for absolutely no reason and then it changes back. >> This happens fairly often but I have not yet figured out a cause. >> >> 2. Mail has serious bugs. I'm using the new mail view and have noticed that >> the application freezes and is not responsive when looking at certain types >> of email. These seem to be emails with graphics such as messages from >> Amazon.com and Facebook. I am able to read general messages just fine but >> the heavier graphics seem to kill the program entirely. >> >> 3. The zoom feature consistently does not work. I might be able to use it >> for a while but at some point it just stops functioning entirely. Turning >> the feature off and on again has no effect. The only solution I've been able >> to find is logging off and signing on again. >> >> 4. I often find it easier to reverse the contrast on screen but this feature >> will not function when Voiceover is running. I must turn Voiceover off, hit >> control option command 8 and then turn Voiceover back on again. Yes, I >> sometimes use both features together. >> >> 5. Late on Monday I thought I'd check to see if there were any software >> updates for Lion in hoes that I might find something. When selecting >> software update I could not even get the OS to run the application to check. >> I had to log off and then sign on again. >> >> In general I'm experiencing massive slowness and serious issues when using >> Voiceover and many applications. I'm not using obscure programs either and >> They are shown to work under Lion. I mean absolutely no criticism at anyone >> out there who was involved with beta testing this software as it relates to >> Voiceover but this product has no business being widely available when you >> take in to consideration past standards and expectations of Apple. This is >> extremely frustrating to say the least. >> >> If anyone has solutions that might help I'm very interested. Perhaps there >> are some system settings I can change or some maintenance operations that >> could be run to help with these issues. Perhaps a 3rd party program could be >> run to help with cleaning things up. Perhaps I need to figure out how to do >> a clean install? That would be extremely time consuming and I'm not entirely >> sure how to restore from time Machine but that may be necessary. Should I >> just put up with all of this until Apple releases a software update? >> >> Thanks for any tips or suggestions. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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