Re: Keyboard trap in Monterey and possibly Big Sur

2021-10-28 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Restarting at that point should not be an issue. I understand about it making you nervous, but if it is to the point of asking for permission for a item to have access to a service, then the upgrade has more than likely completed. I suspect that during the Setup Assistant process, it did

Re: Keyboard trap in Monterey and possibly Big Sur

2021-10-28 Thread Doug Lee
I did an update; and I did try VO-Shift-Space but that didn't help. My ultimate solution was to use ssh to restart the Mini, even though this made me nervous. When it came back up, neither the Setup Assistant nor the System Dialog about VoiceOver trying to use BlueTooth appeared; so all is

Re: Keyboard trap in Monterey and possibly Big Sur

2021-10-28 Thread matthew dyer
Dug, Have you tried VO Shift space? This usually works for me. I am running Bixer at the moment as I have not upgraded. Also, did you do a straits upgrade or a clean install? Thanks. Matthew > On Oct 27, 2021, at 6:04 PM, Doug Lee wrote: > > Wondering if anyone else has seen this,

Re: Keyboard trap in Monterey and possibly Big Sur

2021-10-27 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Try VO-shift-space then. Otherwise, you’ll need to connect a mouse to do the click. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech Apple Professional Learning Specialist Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada > On Oct 27, 2021, at 4:34 PM, Doug Lee wrote: >

Re: Keyboard trap in Monterey and possibly Big Sur

2021-10-27 Thread Doug Lee
Unfortunately there is no mouse interface attached to this Mini. On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 04:14:46PM -0600, 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries wrote: Hi, Sometimes, you just need to wait as the installer is actually “In progress” still. If you’ve waited for more than an hour for this to

Re: Keyboard trap in Monterey and possibly Big Sur

2021-10-27 Thread Doug Lee
I have a Mac Mini that I mostly use via ssh for various tasks. It has no screen or mouse attached, so a VO trap like this is perhaps more troublesome than usual. The problem has persisted for half an hour or so by now, and the current load average does not appear to indicate any active update

Re: Keyboard trap in Monterey and possibly Big Sur

2021-10-27 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, Sometimes, you just need to wait as the installer is actually “In progress” still. If you’ve waited for more than an hour for this to change, click your mouse or trackpad and you should end up in a different layer that you can do things with. Later… Tim Kilburn Jamf Certified Tech

Re: Keyboard trap in Monterey and possibly Big Sur

2021-10-27 Thread Jonathan C. Cohn
sounds familiar, but I believe it goes away on its own. I didn't know you were a Mac user. Jonathan Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 27, 2021, at 6:04 PM, Doug Lee wrote: > > Wondering if anyone else has seen this, and if anyone knows a way out. > > I upgraded to Monterey from Big Sur today.

Keyboard trap in Monterey and possibly Big Sur

2021-10-27 Thread Doug Lee
Wondering if anyone else has seen this, and if anyone knows a way out. I upgraded to Monterey from Big Sur today. After the final system restart, I landed in the following, seemingly impossible situation: Focus is in an Installer Progress thing for which VoiceOver says, "Installer Progress has