Good info, Gordon. I will talk with my instructor about this, later this
afternoon. I haven't played with it, since I saw the posting on the list
that this was a problem on the Mac mini. It is easy enough to turn VO on,
both for the logon screen, then again when I am logged in.
Thanks, that makes lots of sense, but, I would think that servers are not
powered down very often, and that sighted people might boot up remotely.
Therefore, there would either be a monitor on another machine. How often do
you actually shut down a server and reboot it?
Thanks,
Diane
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gordon Smith" <gor...@mac-access.net>
To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2012 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: Mac mini July 2011 screen question
Hi Diane
We currently have 8 Mac Minis Server machines of the current design here,
the oldest of which is mid 2011. All bar one works without a monitor and
there are no problems at all with VoiceOver starting or reading.
In fact, we also have a late 2009 Server machine which works just as well.
There would have been no logic behind a design philosophy preventing the
machine from being used this way because many enterprise organisations
mount their servers in such a way that direct video displays are
impractical. Thus, it has to be functional without a display so that
remote management is possible. Lynne uses ARD to admin our servers very
frequently and doesn't encounter any issues. I also have occasion very
frequently to use a Bluetooth keyboard on our machines and don't use a
monitor.
So I don't get it why you should be having problems with VO on Apple's
server platform. Or have I misunderstood you?
Gordon
On 17 Jul 2012, at 03:37, Diane Bomar <diane.ale...@att.net> wrote:
The server has an i7 processor, and additional software.
When preferences is stuck in busy, cmd-opt-esc doesn't even work; I have
had to reboot. Other ideas are welcome.
This, of course, is without a monitor attached.
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