Hello Jenny, Admittedly, I have not been paying close attention to this thread so forgive me for suggesting something that has already been posted but, have you considered turning off the login screen?
All things being equal and security concerns aside, if you are the only user, there really is no reason to have it activated at startup. Mark -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Jenny Keller Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2012 1:23 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: voiceover won't cooperate I know it would be a good thing to have an apple store look at it, but the store is an hour away so I don't see that as an option. I have had someone look at it and it's just the log in screen. I log in and it still won't talk. I'll see what I can do, but if I can't get someone to take me to have surgery in another town, I doubt very seriously I can get someone to take me to fix my computer. Thanks for the info though. Jenny On May 1, 2012, at 3:19 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn wrote: > If you think it is a problem that could be fixed at the Apple Store, then I suggest you beg one of your friends to take you there. You have a one year warranty on the computer and if you didn't drop it or spill water on it, then 99/100 times it will be fixed for free at the Apple store in the first year of service. > > So you might be saving several hundred dollars if you get there before June. > > On the other hand, just getting somebody around who can see what is going on with your system at start-up might be all you need. Though in some cases, hitting control-tab after a couple minutes gets things in a normal state. > > Best regards, > > Jonathan > > Jonathan C. Cohn > jonc...@cox.net > > > > On May 1, 2012, at 12:33 PM, Jenny Keller wrote: > >> Oh boy, that's not in my budget. >> >> I guess I'll just have to deal with it. >> >> I have a monitor and mouse connected to it so that isn't the problem. >> >> I just got it last June, so I don't know what the deal is. >> >> I'll just have to deal with it as I've said cause I can't afford to go to the town where the apple store is, and sure can't afford to pay for them to look at it, uch less fix it. >> >> Crap. >> >> Jenny >> On May 1, 2012, at 10:57 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: >> >>> You will probably not like my answer; I never get that problem on my >>> Mac Mini. Even back when I first got my Mini and did not have a >>> monitor connected, VO wouldn't start automatically after I logged in >>> but I got the same behavior every time I started my machine. One >>> thing different with my setup from yours is I intentionally have my >>> machine set to require a login each time. I also have VO enabled >>> for the login screen. After I hooked up a cheap monitor,VO starts >>> up properly every time and since I have Terminal set as one of the >>> apps to be started at login time, I have consistent focus to the desktop. >>> All that is fine here. >>> >>> If your machine keeps doing this on a repeated basis, you ot to take >>> it into the Apple store (if possible) and have a genius take a look >>> at it; wonder if there is a hardware issue or something. >>> >>> I remember you asking this question some time ago but I didn't >>> recall anyone answering it either. >>> >>> On 5/1/12, Jenny Keller <jlperd...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> Every other time I turn on my computer I get the log in screen, and >>>> the only reason I know that is because I have just barely enough vision to see it. >>>> >>>> Voice over is set to start during that screen but it doesn't. I >>>> log into the system, which it's not supposed to ask me to do anyway >>>> because it's set to go directly to the desk top, and when I goes to >>>> the desk top, there is a box that since voice over won't come on >>>> either automatically or with command >>>> F5 I don't know what is going on. >>>> >>>> It will allow me to use VO M to access the apple menu to shut down >>>> properly, and then when I restart the computer the desktop pops up and all is well. >>>> >>>> What on earth is going on? >>>> >>>> Jenny >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. > 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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