Mine does the same weird window thing at the beginning of the loading process when I turn my mac on but that's the only weird thing it does. It's not worth reinstalling lion over for me. I hope that will stay like that though.
Jenny and my goofy guide Brooks, Oh yeah You can get out of that window but pressing command W On Nov 13, 2011, at 1:10 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > Hi! I have no idea why vo doesn't always speak it's welcome message; it > almost always starts, but as I said, it's usually > stuck in some weird window that doesn't exist, so I have to command tab > before I can do anything; and I have no clue when > it's OK to do that command tab since VO almost never says anything. > I went through users and groups, but didn't find anything pertaining to vo. > I'll look again, just in case I missed > something, but since I'm not noticing any improvements, I don't know how much > time I'll put into getting this fresh install > up and running. The main thing I was curious about was if it would > change/improve the way my pandora app read, and that did > not improve in any way. Thanks for the help, though. I'll try to investigate > things a little bit further. > Missy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Kilburn > Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 2:04 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Preparing for clean lion install > > Hi, > > The option you're looking for in System Preferences is Users & Groups. Lion > has made this option more in line with servers > and other OS's that use that terminology. I'm not sure why your computer has > the "hit and miss" when it comes to VO turning > on automatically, I've only experienced this when a specific error message > has circumvented VO from starting right away. In > these cases, I just pressed cmd-f5, VO came on, I determined the error type > and eliminated it so that VO behaved as it > should. > > Later... > > On 2011-11-13, at 10:18 AM, Missy Hoppe wrote: > >> Hello, all. I did the clean install of lion last night as planned, and >> so far, I must say that I think it was a complete waste of time. VO >> sspeaking at start-up is still hit or miss, and I now find myself >> stuck in something called T.I. switcher; basicly the exact same >> problem as the com.doc.apple.extra that existed when lion first came >> out. The system preferences window seems to have been completely rearranged, >> and I'm having trouble finding things: most > noteably where I turn on the option for VO to speak log in windows. Since I > don't have to log on, it wouldn't be a problem, > but it becomes an issue if I'm installing updates that require the machine to > be restarted. >> I've installed all of the newest updates, and I do intend to install a >> few apps just to say I've made a legitimate effort, but in retrospect, >> I should have left well enough alone. Thankfully, I cloned my SL drive >> before all this started, but so far, I'm very disappointed in the lack of >> difference between the upgrade of lion and the > clean install. At least based on my experience so far, I have to agree with > the folks at apple on this one; upgrading is > better. >> If anyone could provide any insite on what I'm doing wrong and why >> lion is still such a tremendous disappointment, I would really >> appreciate it. For now, though, I'm off to find the install of CCC. I've got >> a feeling I'm going to need it in a few days. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Scott Howell >> Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 5:48 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Preparing for clean lion install >> >> The best thing you could do is install all the apps from scratch. >> After all if your going to go through all the trouble, you might as >> well start with a truly fresh system. Otherwise, you will be copying things >> by hand and you may not get everything > necessary. If nothing else, you will have learned from the experience and > that itself is worth the effort. >> Good luck, >> >> On Nov 12, 2011, at 5:32 PM, Missy Hoppe wrote: >> >>> Good evening, all. I'm highly skeptical that this is going to do any >>> good, but just because I want to say I've made the effort, I'm >>> getting ready to do a clean install of lion. While I'm doing all my prep >>> work: >>> cloning to external drives to make sure I don't lose anything, I'm >>> going to listen to Mike's podcast on Lion. I just wanted to write to >>> the group, though, because I'm curious how I'll go about putting back >>> apps. Can I restore them from the cloned drives, or do I have to >>> actually reinstall things? More than anything else, I'm concerned >>> about the Acapella voices I purchased to use with my mac, >> but wouldn't mind tips about adium, skype and things of that nature. >> Also, how do I back up my Itunes purchases. Granted, I've only made >> two of them, but I don't want to lose them. What about Growl and Yorufukuru? >> Will I just get those from the app store > again? >>> I've got 2 external drives handy, so I'm backing up not only my >>> current lion install, but also my perfect and up-to-date SL install. >>> That way, if the clean install still isn't >> satisfactory, I can put everything back the way it was. >>> Any advice will be extremely appreciated. I just keep reminding >>> myself that there's no way I can possibly render the mac entirely >>> useless, but I don't want to lose any apps, especially not ones that >>> cost money. So, if anyone has any instructions to share, I >> would be extremely greatful. Also, once I use my CD, will lion be able to >> update itself to 7.2? >>> OK. Sorry for the rambling, disjointed message. I just am trying this >>> to give Lion another chance to get into my good >> graces. >>> Thank you all very much for your time, and I hope that everyone is having a >>> great day! >>> Missy >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > -- > 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. 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