Bryan - It's not every time, and until I had somebody look at the screen, didn't know if the Mac was still sleeping or had awakened. Anyway, apparently, it wakes ok when I open the lid, but sometimes VO is missing. I always turn off the Mac at night, so seem to be following your idea of giving it chance to clear out any flaky behaviour. Haven't yet had time to look at Sarah's suggestions, but will do so shortly, and see if that makes any difference. I do think however, that when I look to where she has directed me, I'll find VO already set to start on boot up/awakening, as it works sometimes -
Andy On 24 Jul 2013, at 16:51, Bryan Jones <openses...@me.com> wrote: > Hi Andy, > > Does this happen every time you close/open the lid, or is it random? I've > experienced this behavior on every mac I've owned but only if I've neglected > to fully restart the OS or power off/on the computer once every day or so. It > has been my experience that repeatedly sleeping/waking the Mac (or pretty > much any computing device) will eventually lead to flaky behavior and that a > quick restart every day or so halps to clean out the cobwebs, so to speak. > Whenever I encounter the issue of VO being silent upon wakeup, I take it as > an indication something is about to get flaky and I hold down the command key > while pressing F5 five times in quick succession to get VO talking again, > save any open work, close all running Apps, and then restart the Mac. > > HTH, > Bryan > > On Jul 24, 2013, at 6:42 AM, Andy Collins <a...@recreation.plus.com> wrote: > >> Hi all - After closing the lid of my MacBook, when I come back later and >> open it again, I am prompted onscreen for my password, but VO doesn't speak, >> and only comes back a minute or so later, and usually after I've pressed >> command f5 a few times. Anybody know why it doesn't wake up at the same time >> as the screen? - > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
