Due to my newness to the mac, I can't compare with prior versions of OS X but one observation I do concur with is the lack of focus to the desktop when VO is started. I found a work-around for that one though and I never suffer that one anymore. I added at least one item to my list of items to launch at login. I do this in the user settings under system preferences. In my case, I added the terminal app in there because I like to use terminal from time to time so I figured it a good choice. Now whenever I login, I just press command+f5 to start VO (this is due to me not having a monitor connected) VO starts up every time and focuses me right to the desktop. Oh, I have the checkbox for terminal set to hide otherwise I think terminal would grab the focus. I thought the boot time to be a bit lengthy byt a lot of windows systems are slower than that. I've only seen the "busy" stuff once in a while; wasn't sure what the cause of that was. I see that a lot with Mail and IMAP implementations and I figured that was caused by fetching a new message every time you move up and down the message list.
On 2/7/12, Joel Zimba <zimbameis...@gmail.com> wrote: > the recent update seems to have made both boot time and general > responsiveness better for me. > > My computer was very frustrating to use since upgrading to Lion and now > it's fine. Much less of the "busy" message overall. > > Joel > > > On 2/6/2012 9:42 PM, Daniel Miller wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've reported that issue several times to apple. They're aware of it, and >> are working on a fix, at last response from the support people. Things >> like >> this take time, however, so don't expect it to be fixed tomorrow. >> Now keep in mind, I also experienced and still am experiencing what you >> guys >> are talking about, but it's honestly no reason to shoot down the OS, for >> something that they're obviously trying to fix, even if it takes them a >> bit >> longer than we'd like to pinpoint what's causing the issue. >> Another thing you have to keep in mind, Lions minimum system requirements >> state 2GB of ram and a 2.0GHZ dual core processor is the bear least you >> can >> get away with and run Lion, but with some slowness. Ram can have a factor >> in >> boot times, as well as hard drive speed (5400 as opposed to 7200 RPM), so >> be >> aware of that fact as well. >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Missy Hoppe >> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 8:10 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: RE: Slow boot time with Lion. Opinions wanted. >> >> Hello. I, too, experience incredibly slow boot times with lion. I'm using >> a >> 2011 Macbook Pro 724LLA or whatever that model number is, and I'm guessing >> your estimate of 1 minute 43 seconds is about the same for my boot time. >> More annoying for me than the slow boot time, though, is that under lion, >> VO >> startup is hit and miss at best. When lion first came out, it always got >> stuck in come window called com.doc.apple.extra. That got fixed, only to >> be >> replaced by the fact that if VO starts talking by itself at all, I'm stuck >> in a window called speech synthesis server. In all the time I've run lion, >> it's never landed me on the desktop the way snowy kitty always does, and >> more often than not, I have to press command-tab before VO says anything >> at >> all. >> So, to make a long story short, it isn't just you, and like you, I've >> tried >> everything I can think of to solve the problem, but nothing seems to make >> a >> difference. It seems that my ancient 80 GB external drive which I still >> use >> to boot into Snow Leopard when necessary runs faster than Lion, and that's >> just wrong. So, like you, I'm wondering if there's any point in reporting >> this to apple, or if it's something that taking my macbook to an apple >> store >> might fix. I've just learned to live with it, but it's very strange, >> especially since Snow Leopard boots so much faster and always reliably >> starts on the desktop. >> If you ever find a way to speed up lion's boot time, please share as I'd >> love to get this issue resolved somehow. >> Thanks! >> Missy >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Matthew Campbell >> Sent: Monday, February 06, 2012 8:33 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Slow boot time with Lion. Opinions wanted. >> >> Hi everyone. >> I'm just wondering if any of you are experiencing slow boot times when >> running Mac OS 10 Lion on you're Macs? >> I did a time estimation just now and found that from the press of the >> power >> button until VO is heard on the log in screen takes roughly 1 minute and >> 43 >> seconds. >> I'm running a late 2008 unibody MacBook and even though it is an older >> Mac, >> it was never that slow while running SnowLeopard. >> I've tried everything I can think of. I've Ran a battery of tasks using >> Onyx, I've cleaned out my login items, I've checked free disk space, >> repaired permissions, verified the start up disk, etc, etc. >> Just wondering if this might be worth sending in a bug report to Apple or >> calling Apple Care on this issue. >> Let me know what you think. >> Thanks and have a great evening, >> Matthew Campbell and the slowpoke Mac. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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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