You might try doing a clean install of the operating system and see if that makes a difference. Usually, installing a new operating system as an upgrade can cause problems. On Jul 26, 2011, at 9:46 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.
