Hi Rich, I'm assuming this is Lion? What kind of a machine and specs are you working with? Have you tried toggling VoiceOver off and then on again? I'm sorry to be coming in on this late. I've had family here all weekend, so I have only been able to browse messages quickly.
Take Care John Panarese jpanar...@gmail.com On Oct 9, 2011, at 11:05 PM, Richard Ring wrote: > Hi John: > What's happening is this. If I try to download a file, any file, Safari gets > strange. If I download something, I stop interacting with HTML content. I > interact with the toolbar. I click the download button. Immediately, I start > hearing "Safari busy". Basically, this means I cannot check the progress of a > download, because if I try to interact with the item I want to check, I get > Safari busy messages and my keystrokes do nothing! It's extremely frustrating! > On Oct 9, 2011, at 9:36 PM, John Panarese wrote: > >> Hi Rich. >> >> There is an option to empty the cache from the Safari menu. The shortcut >> is option-command-shift-e. I missed your original message, so I am not sure >> of what you are encountering. >> Take Care >> >> John Panarese >> jpanar...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Oct 9, 2011, at 10:26 PM, Richard Ring wrote: >> >>> When I press command option a I hear the word activity and am placed in a >>> window that feels like a table but is not a table. I am not given any >>> options as to how to proceed. So, I am uncertain as to how to erase the >>> cache. I just tried to download an NLS book, and I am unable to check >>> download progress because Safari is constantly busy machine. This machine >>> is 8 days old, this behavior is puzzling. IE 8 in Windows is looking pretty >>> good as of now! >>> On Oct 9, 2011, at 3:01 PM, Scott Howell wrote: >>> >>>> I have not encountered this behavior. Have you tried clearing your cache? >>>> Option-command-e will get the job done. >>>> On Oct 9, 2011, at 3:43 PM, Richard Ring wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hello: >>>>> I have a brand-new Mac Book Pro here. It has a 2.7 core I7 processor, 4 >>>>> gigs of ram, and to my way of thinking, that should be enough. When I go >>>>> to download a file from the Internet, Safari becomes extremely sluggish. >>>>> This behavior is quite recent. When I first got my wonderful new >>>>> machine, it worked just fine. However, what has started to happen in the >>>>> last few days, is this. I find a file I want to download. I start the >>>>> download process. I stop interacting with html content. I interact with >>>>> the toolbar. I click the download button. Immediatly, Safari becomes >>>>> sluggish, saying "Safari busy" over and over. Accordingly, I cannot look >>>>> at my download progress at all. I have not downloaded any new software or >>>>> anything like that. This problem has only started happening this weekend. >>>>> Is there something I should change in Safari? Just wondering if this is >>>>> normal behavior and I should shut up and live with it. 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