The comApple Extra thing still happens to me every single time I start my Mac book Pro. Just a simple command+tab seems to get rid of that.
Mostly, though, I just leave my Mac book Pro on so Time machine can do it's thing. Sincerely, The Constantly Barefooted Ray!!! Now a very proud and happy Mac user!!! Skype name: barefootedray Facebook: facebook.com/ray.foretjr.1 On Jul 30, 2011, at 5:44 AM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > Hi! I don't know if the moniter will help or not. I got the > com.apple.doc.extra thing on my macbook pro while I had Lion > installed. I know it's a simple thing to get rid of, but it drove me bananas, > and is 1 of the reasons I chose to go back to > snow leopard for the time being. Lion always started talking automatically, > eventually, but I was always stuck in that > com.apple.doc.extra thing. I really, really hope that that problem gets fixed > in a future lion release. Good luck, and I hope > you're able to get it working. > Missy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joseph Norton > Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 5:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Problem with VoiceOver not starting in Lion > > Hi: > > You're right. VoiceOver is supposed to start once it's run, as long > as it's not turned off. > > This was its behavior in Snow Leopard, regardless of the presence or > absence of a monitor. > > However, they must have changed something in Lion that keeps this from > happening. > > Here's another thing to note. > > When I press Command-f5, VO starts and I hear something like > "comm.apple.dock.extra". > > Wonder if this has anything to do with this. > > I will try to get an old monitor of mine to see if having the hardware > present helps. I believe it will. > > On 7/30/11, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: >> Running without a display gives unpredictable and unreliable results, >> especially with Safari. Once you start VO from within your account, it >> should start up automatically when you log back in. You can leave it running >> when you exit your account. If you shut it down before you log out and don't >> restart it, it won't come back automatically when you log in. >> >> HTH, >> Teresa >> On Jul 29, 2011, at 9:37 PM, Joseph Norton wrote: >> >>> Hi: >>> >>> Just upgraded to Lion and everything works satisfactorily, except that, >>> when I boot up, VO does not automatically come up after log in. >>> >>> VO works fine in the Login screen, but, won't automatically come on after >>> login. >>> >>> I believe the problem may be that I am running without a display, since >>> I'm using a Mac Mini and this has worked ok, for the most part. >>> >>> If there are any Mac Mini lion users out there, could you try booting up >>> without your display plugged in and see if VO comes up? If it doesn't, >>> you should be able to hit cmd-f5 to get it to come up. >>> >>> It's not enough to turn the monitor off, it needs to be disconnected to >>> duplicate the conditions I'm working under. >>> >>> If this happens, can any of you suggest a work-around? I can get an old >>> monitor and physically connect it. It doesn't work, but, should provide >>> the hardware functionality needed to correct this problem, if that's what >>> it is. >>> >>> It's not a big deal, although I'm going to write to the accessibility team >>> at Apple to see what their thoughts are. >>> >>> -- >>> 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]. > 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]. 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.
