Re: Startup Apps ?
Hi Alan, Many thanks for that suggestion. I am getting this application and will follow your instructions by removing the lot and introducing one at a time and see which one is creating the trouble. Great idea and my thanks. Hopefully Stephen will go through the test also. All the best, Philippe C. On 26 Oct 2020, at 2:49 pm, Alan Smith wrote: Hi Philippe and Stephen, My solution to slow startups was to install the app "Delay Start”. (Free from the App Store.) This app is the only one I have in the user Login Items. All other apps I want to open automatically are listed in Delay Start. From memory I think 10 apps can be listed in Delay Start. My setting is to open Delay Start after 2 seconds. This allows time for all the “built in” Apple tests and apps to fire up without confusing extras that may need an apple app to be working first. Perhaps you can “prove” which startup items are causing the problem by selective deletion from the login list. Or just remove the lot and see if you get an improvement. Take a screenshot of your startup app list first! Cheers, Alan > On 26 Oct 2020, at 10:34 am, Philippe Chaperon <mailto:laut...@bigpond.com>> wrote: > > Hi Stephen, > > On the matter of slow start-ups, I have noticed how slow my two iMacs, the > older one running High Sierra v 10.13.6 and the other Catalina v 10.15.7, are > to start when I was given a 6 year old Windows laptop running the latest > Windows version which starts within a minute or less! > > Maybe one of our experts Ronni, Daniel etc could explain why our beloved Macs > are taking so long to start. My older Mac has possibly got too many utilities > loading at start-up, e.g. StatPlus, Boinc Manager, 1 Password which could > explain the slowness? But Mail has also been extremely slow to start up, > maybe SpamSieve? Or possibly due to security protection the OS has to do more > checking these days? > > The mystery remains for me. > > have a safe week everyone, > > Philippe C. dit la Grenouille ... > > On 26 Oct 2020, at 9:22 am, Stephen Chape <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote: > > Thanks Ronni & Phillipe. > I have now removed it from my startup folder. > > However my iMac is still slower starting up. > Ho Hum … I just need to be more patient I guess ! > >> On 26 Oct 2020, at 5:46 am, Ronni Brown > <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Stephen, >> >> Speech Synthesis Server is the process that allows the time to be heard on >> the hour, and allows voice input. If you do not need any of these things, go >> to System Preferences>Accounts>YOUR ACCOUNT>Login Items and remove it. >> >> Kind Regards, >> Ronni >> >> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >> >> >>> On 25 Oct 2020, at 4:56 pm, Stephen Chape >> <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi folks >>> I wondered why my iMac startup slowed down recently. >>> >>> So I checked in System Preferences/Users & Groups/Login Items. >>> There is an App that I don’t recognise in there called >>> “SpeechSynthesisServer” >>> >>> Does any know what that is and does it need to be in my Startup Apps ? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Stephen Chape >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >
Re: Startup Apps ?
Hi Stephen, Nothing like a slow Mac to get into analytical mode - - -. Your iMac has good specs, so there may be some condition (covid 19?!) affecting it. Personally I would not have Dropbox at all; and I see no reason to have Mail as a Login item. I run my iMac with minimum active windows and just launch an app as required from the dock. And quit when finished. I may just ‘close’ Excel instead of quitting as it is relatively slow to launch. A quickie you probably know - keep a clean desktop. Sweep files into a single desktop folder until you get time to put put them in their permanent Documents folder. If you are lazy like me, name the desktop folders with a date. When you see a folder named “To Be Sorted - June 2019” you know it is really is time to clean it up. Cheers, Alan > On 26 Oct 2020, at 4:49 pm, Stephen Chape wrote: > > Thank you Alan. > The only two other Apps in my Startup are Mail & Dropbox. > I am wondering if Dropbox really needs to be the Startup Folder ? > > I have a 2017 iMac , Retina 4K, 21.5 inch > Processor i7 3.6 GHz Quad Core > 16 GB RAM > 500 GB SSD > > It is a very fast Mac and usually gets to login in 25 seconds. > But in the last week that time has tripled. > > I might try the starting in Verbose Mode trick (hold down V) to see what it > is doing at startup. > >> On 26 Oct 2020, at 2:53 pm, Philippe Chaperon > <mailto:laut...@me.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Alan, >> >> Many thanks for that suggestion. I am getting this application and will >> follow your instructions by removing the lot and introducing one at a time >> and see which one is creating the trouble. >> >> Great idea and my thanks. Hopefully Stephen will go through the test also. >> >> All the best, >> >> Philippe C. >> >> On 26 Oct 2020, at 2:49 pm, Alan Smith > <mailto:sma...@iinet.net.au>> wrote: >> >> Hi Philippe and Stephen, >> >> My solution to slow startups was to install the app "Delay Start”. (Free >> from the App Store.) >> >> This app is the only one I have in the user Login Items. All other apps I >> want to open automatically are listed in Delay Start. From memory I think >> 10 apps can be listed in Delay Start. >> >> My setting is to open Delay Start after 2 seconds. This allows time for all >> the “built in” Apple tests and apps to fire up without confusing extras that >> may need an apple app to be working first. >> >> Perhaps you can “prove” which startup items are causing the problem by >> selective deletion from the login list. Or just remove the lot and see if >> you get an improvement. Take a screenshot of your startup app list first! >> >> Cheers, >> Alan >> >> >>> On 26 Oct 2020, at 10:34 am, Philippe Chaperon >> <mailto:laut...@bigpond.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Stephen, >>> >>> On the matter of slow start-ups, I have noticed how slow my two iMacs, the >>> older one running High Sierra v 10.13.6 and the other Catalina v 10.15.7, >>> are to start when I was given a 6 year old Windows laptop running the >>> latest Windows version which starts within a minute or less! >>> >>> Maybe one of our experts Ronni, Daniel etc could explain why our beloved >>> Macs are taking so long to start. My older Mac has possibly got too many >>> utilities loading at start-up, e.g. StatPlus, Boinc Manager, 1 Password >>> which could explain the slowness? But Mail has also been extremely slow to >>> start up, maybe SpamSieve? Or possibly due to security protection the OS >>> has to do more checking these days? >>> >>> The mystery remains for me. >>> >>> have a safe week everyone, >>> >>> Philippe C. dit la Grenouille ... >>> >>> On 26 Oct 2020, at 9:22 am, Stephen Chape >> <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Thanks Ronni & Phillipe. >>> I have now removed it from my startup folder. >>> >>> However my iMac is still slower starting up. >>> Ho Hum … I just need to be more patient I guess ! >>> >>>> On 26 Oct 2020, at 5:46 am, Ronni Brown >>> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Stephen, >>>> >>>> Speech Synthesis Server is the process that allows the time to be heard on >>>> the hour, and allows voice input. If you do not need any of these things, >>>> go to System Preferences>Accounts>YOUR ACCOUNT>Login Items and remov
Re: Startup Apps ?
Thank you Alan. The only two other Apps in my Startup are Mail & Dropbox. I am wondering if Dropbox really needs to be the Startup Folder ? I have a 2017 iMac , Retina 4K, 21.5 inch Processor i7 3.6 GHz Quad Core 16 GB RAM 500 GB SSD It is a very fast Mac and usually gets to login in 25 seconds. But in the last week that time has tripled. I might try the starting in Verbose Mode trick (hold down V) to see what it is doing at startup. > On 26 Oct 2020, at 2:53 pm, Philippe Chaperon wrote: > > Hi Alan, > > Many thanks for that suggestion. I am getting this application and will > follow your instructions by removing the lot and introducing one at a time > and see which one is creating the trouble. > > Great idea and my thanks. Hopefully Stephen will go through the test also. > > All the best, > > Philippe C. > > On 26 Oct 2020, at 2:49 pm, Alan Smith <mailto:sma...@iinet.net.au>> wrote: > > Hi Philippe and Stephen, > > My solution to slow startups was to install the app "Delay Start”. (Free > from the App Store.) > > This app is the only one I have in the user Login Items. All other apps I > want to open automatically are listed in Delay Start. From memory I think 10 > apps can be listed in Delay Start. > > My setting is to open Delay Start after 2 seconds. This allows time for all > the “built in” Apple tests and apps to fire up without confusing extras that > may need an apple app to be working first. > > Perhaps you can “prove” which startup items are causing the problem by > selective deletion from the login list. Or just remove the lot and see if > you get an improvement. Take a screenshot of your startup app list first! > > Cheers, > Alan > > >> On 26 Oct 2020, at 10:34 am, Philippe Chaperon > <mailto:laut...@bigpond.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Stephen, >> >> On the matter of slow start-ups, I have noticed how slow my two iMacs, the >> older one running High Sierra v 10.13.6 and the other Catalina v 10.15.7, >> are to start when I was given a 6 year old Windows laptop running the latest >> Windows version which starts within a minute or less! >> >> Maybe one of our experts Ronni, Daniel etc could explain why our beloved >> Macs are taking so long to start. My older Mac has possibly got too many >> utilities loading at start-up, e.g. StatPlus, Boinc Manager, 1 Password >> which could explain the slowness? But Mail has also been extremely slow to >> start up, maybe SpamSieve? Or possibly due to security protection the OS has >> to do more checking these days? >> >> The mystery remains for me. >> >> have a safe week everyone, >> >> Philippe C. dit la Grenouille ... >> >> On 26 Oct 2020, at 9:22 am, Stephen Chape > <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote: >> >> Thanks Ronni & Phillipe. >> I have now removed it from my startup folder. >> >> However my iMac is still slower starting up. >> Ho Hum … I just need to be more patient I guess ! >> >>> On 26 Oct 2020, at 5:46 am, Ronni Brown >> <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Stephen, >>> >>> Speech Synthesis Server is the process that allows the time to be heard on >>> the hour, and allows voice input. If you do not need any of these things, >>> go to System Preferences>Accounts>YOUR ACCOUNT>Login Items and remove it. >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> Ronni >>> >>> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >>> >>> >>>> On 25 Oct 2020, at 4:56 pm, Stephen Chape >>> <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi folks >>>> I wondered why my iMac startup slowed down recently. >>>> >>>> So I checked in System Preferences/Users & Groups/Login Items. >>>> There is an App that I don’t recognise in there called >>>> “SpeechSynthesisServer” >>>> >>>> Does any know what that is and does it need to be in my Startup Apps ? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Stephen Chape >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>>
Re: Startup Apps ?
Hi Philippe and Stephen, My solution to slow startups was to install the app "Delay Start”. (Free from the App Store.) This app is the only one I have in the user Login Items. All other apps I want to open automatically are listed in Delay Start. From memory I think 10 apps can be listed in Delay Start. My setting is to open Delay Start after 2 seconds. This allows time for all the “built in” Apple tests and apps to fire up without confusing extras that may need an apple app to be working first. Perhaps you can “prove” which startup items are causing the problem by selective deletion from the login list. Or just remove the lot and see if you get an improvement. Take a screenshot of your startup app list first! Cheers, Alan > On 26 Oct 2020, at 10:34 am, Philippe Chaperon wrote: > > Hi Stephen, > > On the matter of slow start-ups, I have noticed how slow my two iMacs, the > older one running High Sierra v 10.13.6 and the other Catalina v 10.15.7, are > to start when I was given a 6 year old Windows laptop running the latest > Windows version which starts within a minute or less! > > Maybe one of our experts Ronni, Daniel etc could explain why our beloved Macs > are taking so long to start. My older Mac has possibly got too many utilities > loading at start-up, e.g. StatPlus, Boinc Manager, 1 Password which could > explain the slowness? But Mail has also been extremely slow to start up, > maybe SpamSieve? Or possibly due to security protection the OS has to do more > checking these days? > > The mystery remains for me. > > have a safe week everyone, > > Philippe C. dit la Grenouille ... > > On 26 Oct 2020, at 9:22 am, Stephen Chape <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote: > > Thanks Ronni & Phillipe. > I have now removed it from my startup folder. > > However my iMac is still slower starting up. > Ho Hum … I just need to be more patient I guess ! > >> On 26 Oct 2020, at 5:46 am, Ronni Brown > <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi Stephen, >> >> Speech Synthesis Server is the process that allows the time to be heard on >> the hour, and allows voice input. If you do not need any of these things, go >> to System Preferences>Accounts>YOUR ACCOUNT>Login Items and remove it. >> >> Kind Regards, >> Ronni >> >> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >> >> >>> On 25 Oct 2020, at 4:56 pm, Stephen Chape >> <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Hi folks >>> I wondered why my iMac startup slowed down recently. >>> >>> So I checked in System Preferences/Users & Groups/Login Items. >>> There is an App that I don’t recognise in there called >>> “SpeechSynthesisServer” >>> >>> Does any know what that is and does it need to be in my Startup Apps ? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Stephen Chape >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >>> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >>> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >>> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >>> Settings & Unsubscribe - >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >>> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
Re: Startup Apps ?
Hi Stephen, On the matter of slow start-ups, I have noticed how slow my two iMacs, the older one running High Sierra v 10.13.6 and the other Catalina v 10.15.7, are to start when I was given a 6 year old Windows laptop running the latest Windows version which starts within a minute or less! Maybe one of our experts Ronni, Daniel etc could explain why our beloved Macs are taking so long to start. My older Mac has possibly got too many utilities loading at start-up, e.g. StatPlus, Boinc Manager, 1 Password which could explain the slowness? But Mail has also been extremely slow to start up, maybe SpamSieve? Or possibly due to security protection the OS has to do more checking these days? The mystery remains for me. have a safe week everyone, Philippe C. dit la Grenouille ... On 26 Oct 2020, at 9:22 am, Stephen Chape wrote: Thanks Ronni & Phillipe. I have now removed it from my startup folder. However my iMac is still slower starting up. Ho Hum … I just need to be more patient I guess ! > On 26 Oct 2020, at 5:46 am, Ronni Brown <mailto:ro...@mac.com>> wrote: > > Hi Stephen, > > Speech Synthesis Server is the process that allows the time to be heard on > the hour, and allows voice input. If you do not need any of these things, go > to System Preferences>Accounts>YOUR ACCOUNT>Login Items and remove it. > > Kind Regards, > Ronni > > Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > > >> On 25 Oct 2020, at 4:56 pm, Stephen Chape > <mailto:chap...@bigpond.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi folks >> I wondered why my iMac startup slowed down recently. >> >> So I checked in System Preferences/Users & Groups/Login Items. >> There is an App that I don’t recognise in there called >> “SpeechSynthesisServer” >> >> Does any know what that is and does it need to be in my Startup Apps ? >> >> Regards, >> Stephen Chape >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml >> <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml>> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml > <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml>> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>> Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
Re: Startup Apps ?
Hi Stephen, Speech Synthesis Server is the process that allows the time to be heard on the hour, and allows voice input. If you do not need any of these things, go to System Preferences>Accounts>YOUR ACCOUNT>Login Items and remove it. Kind Regards, Ronni Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > On 25 Oct 2020, at 4:56 pm, Stephen Chape wrote: > > Hi folks > I wondered why my iMac startup slowed down recently. > > So I checked in System Preferences/Users & Groups/Login Items. > There is an App that I don’t recognise in there called “SpeechSynthesisServer” > > Does any know what that is and does it need to be in my Startup Apps ? > > Regards, > Stephen Chape > > > > > > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
Re: Startup Apps ?
Thanks Ronni & Phillipe. I have now removed it from my startup folder. However my iMac is still slower starting up. Ho Hum … I just need to be more patient I guess ! > On 26 Oct 2020, at 5:46 am, Ronni Brown wrote: > > Hi Stephen, > > Speech Synthesis Server is the process that allows the time to be heard on > the hour, and allows voice input. If you do not need any of these things, go > to System Preferences>Accounts>YOUR ACCOUNT>Login Items and remove it. > > Kind Regards, > Ronni > > Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > > >> On 25 Oct 2020, at 4:56 pm, Stephen Chape wrote: >> >> Hi folks >> I wondered why my iMac startup slowed down recently. >> >> So I checked in System Preferences/Users & Groups/Login Items. >> There is an App that I don’t recognise in there called >> “SpeechSynthesisServer” >> >> Does any know what that is and does it need to be in my Startup Apps ? >> >> Regards, >> Stephen Chape >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- >> Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> >> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> >> Settings & Unsubscribe - >> <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
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Hi Stephen, Looks like this is an app within the MacOS which allows Voice Over or Speakable Items. If you do not use the Voice Over or Speakable Items you can disable it from your Login Items list. If interested in finding out where the application is hidden, this is what I found on mac rumours forum: /System/Library/Frameworks/ApplicationServices.framework/Versions/A/Frameworks/SpeechSynthesis.framework/Versions/A/Resources/SpeechSynthesisServer.app Good night all, Philippe Chaperon dit la Grenouille ... On 25 Oct 2020, at 4:56 pm, Stephen Chape wrote: Hi folks I wondered why my iMac startup slowed down recently. So I checked in System Preferences/Users & Groups/Login Items. There is an App that I don’t recognise in there called “SpeechSynthesisServer” Does any know what that is and does it need to be in my Startup Apps ? Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
Startup Apps ?
Hi folks I wondered why my iMac startup slowed down recently. So I checked in System Preferences/Users & Groups/Login Items. There is an App that I don’t recognise in there called “SpeechSynthesisServer” Does any know what that is and does it need to be in my Startup Apps ? Regards, Stephen Chape -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>