Hi Tim, I followed the procedure you outlined. I did, however, start with Step 6 and finish with Step 6, <grin>. The arrows still do not work. I did notice that Repair Disk Permissions took longer, but the process did complete. I think I will contact Apple Support's Accessibility Group and see what they recommend. Thanks. At the very least, I was entertained, and that's a good thing! Cheers,
Les On Jun 5, 2013, at 6:47 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Les, > > A couple more things that, hopefully, may but possibly, may not work. Try > them one at a time then see if things are fixed, if they work, then of > course, you don't need to do the rest of the options. > > 1. Press VO-shift-d to force focus on the Desktop. > 2. Click your mouse or trackpad once on the Desktop. > 3. Try a new Finder window, cmd-n. You may need to do a cmd-w right away > after that if a window opens due to your settings. > 4. Log off then back on to your account. > 5. Restart your computer. > 6. Pour yourself a stiff drink and curse Apple under your breath. > 7. Try to repair your Disk Permissions using Disk Utility. > > Not sure what to do beyond that. It still works for me so I can't duplicate > things right now. > > P.S. Depending on your lifestyle choices, #6 is optional. > > Later... > > Tim Kilburn > Fort McMurray, AB Canada > > On 2013-06-05, at 12:57 PM, Les Kriegler <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Tim, >> >> Well, I unloaded VO and relaunched without change. Something visually must >> have happened. I went into preferences and didn't see anything to modify. >> I checked under the view menu and I'm set to view as lists which is what I >> wish. So I'm stumped on this one. Thanks. >> >> Les >> On Jun 5, 2013, at 2:38 PM, Tim Kilburn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Try toggling VO off then on. Sometimes things get messed up by background >>> apps not usually visible to VO. >>> >>> Later... >>> >>> Tim Kilburn >>> Fort McMurray, AB Canada >>> >>> On 2013-06-05, at 11:43 AM, Les Kriegler <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Well, I've tried all suggestions. The only thing that works besides using >>>> the VO arrow combinations is the tab key. >>>> >>>> Les >>>> On Jun 5, 2013, at 9:23 AM, Eugenia Firth <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I have had to turn Quick Nav on sometimes to navigate the desktop when >>>>> this happens. Then, for some weird reason, if I turn it back off again, >>>>> it starts working. >>>>> >>>>> regards, >>>>> Gigi >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jun 5, 2013, at 6:20 AM, Chris Gilland <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Sometimes, even that! doesn't seem to always work for me. >>>>>> >>>>>> Chris. >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>>> From: Gavin Grundlingh >>>>>> To: [email protected] >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 6:38 AM >>>>>> Subject: Re: Navigating the Desktop >>>>>> >>>>>> I find that, if ever something like this happens to me, tabbing between >>>>>> the various desktop items seems to sort things out. After tabbing once >>>>>> or twice, I can usually go back to using the arrow keys. >>>>>> >>>>>> Regards, >>>>>> >>>>>> Gavin Grundlingh >>>>>> Primary Phone: +27 (0) 83 713-6191 >>>>>> Secondary Phone: +27 (0) 79 157-2466 >>>>>> Fax: +27 (0) 86 617-5792 >>>>>> Primary Email: [email protected] >>>>>> Secondary Email: [email protected] >>>>>> Skype: Batworx >>>>>> Facebook: http://facebook.com/gavin.grundlingh >>>>>> Twitter: @Batworx >>>>>> >>>>>> On 05 Jun 2013, at 12:26 PM, "Chris Gilland" <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I have always! found desktop navigation to be really spiratic. >>>>>> Sometimes I can't even vo+left and right arrow. I have to command tab >>>>>> away from the finder to another app, then back to the finder again, >>>>>> then! things start working as they should. >>>>>> >>>>>> I made Apple aware of this, but even the engineers were totally baffled >>>>>> as to why this was happening. They were! able to reproduce the spiratic >>>>>> behavior, but just are really puzzled as to a sollution, and as to why >>>>>> in the first place it's doing this. They did promise me though that >>>>>> they'd keep researching it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Chris. >>>>>> >>>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Les Kriegler" <[email protected]> >>>>>> To: <[email protected]> >>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2013 3:07 AM >>>>>> Subject: Navigating the Desktop >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> When I access the Finder window, I have two items, Macintosh HD and my >>>>>> external disk drive shown. I always arrowed using up and down arrows to >>>>>> highlight either drive. Now, for some reason, I hear nothing when using >>>>>> the down arrow key to move from Macintosh HD to my external disk drive. >>>>>> I have to use VO Right arrow to highlight the external drive. How can I >>>>>> change this back to the way it was? 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