Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-18 Thread Anouk Radix
I downloaded cleanmymac 3 and have run its scan. Hopefully it will help. Indeed it does not seem to occur with all websites but with some it does and it is consistent. I will have to monitor with which ones specifically and once I find out i will mail apple accessebility. Greetings, Anouk, > On

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-18 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi Emrah, in the past i tried repairing disk permissions and that seemed to help at the time but that does not seem to fix anything for me under the current os version. Greetings, Anouk, > On 17 Jan 2018, at 19:58, Emrah wrote: > > Anouk, > Good point with Mail. I was thinking about mentioning

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Marshall Scott
> Marshall > Hi, Folks, I hope you are reporting this issue to Apple Accessibility. I had a similar problem a couple of weeks ago and after spending some time on the phone with them, the Apple person was able to reproduce the problem. Something in the website (Audible) was using up 100 perc

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Emrah, I half to do this periodically with my Avid Pro tools box. It definitely clears "VoiceOver's" throat! ;) Talk soon Chuck "God does not play dice with the universe" "Albert Einstein’ On Jan 17, 2018, at 3:07 PM, Emrah wrote: > Chuck, > I just went ahead and executed on your instructions

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Emrah
Chuck, I just went ahead and executed on your instructions. I don't know if it's just a placebo effect, but I'm already feeling some improvement without rebooting. Haven't done much yet, but if this really has solved my major issues, I'll be so very grateful to you. Seriously, it's a life-savor

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Jonathan Cohn
VoiceOver definitely does multithreading. There appear to be separate threads for each active window plus a few. I can't remember now but I believe that most MAcOS programs can dynamically adjust their threads based on needs. One other neat feature is that if an Application is full screen, the OS

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread CHUCK REICHEL
Hi Emrah, Heres an apple tech tip on how to clear sluggish VO movement by deleting the Caches folder. This helps minimize the "busy" issue for me. :) Basic steps below; To empty out the Caches folder on your computer, you’ll need to open up Finder first. With Voiceover on, you can press V O D

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Emrah
Anouk, Good point with Mail. I was thinking about mentioning it as I was trying to get to this thread of conversation with my busy busy mail App, and then saw your message. Indeed, Mail is also a pain. I'm running the latest updates, but have not tried using a different account. What I did thoug

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Anouk Radix
I am using the newest version of os x and it is fully updated. > On 17 Jan 2018, at 16:02, Jonathan Cohn wrote: > > Well, you didn't indicate if you have upgraded to the latest version of the > OS. Also, have you looked to see if the problems persist when creating a > temporary account or usin

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Jonathan Cohn
Well, you didn't indicate if you have upgraded to the latest version of the OS. Also, have you looked to see if the problems persist when creating a temporary account or using the "guest" account on the system. This is a good way to see if the slowdowns are a system issue or a configuration issue.

Re: Safari busy busy busy busy is driving me crazy

2018-01-17 Thread Anouk Radix
Hi, I have the seem problem with my 2013 macbook air with core i7 and 8gb of ram. Safari is constantly busy as is often mail. I have no such problems on ios but os x with voiceover is REALLY sluggish. And while braille is better then in the last release its still worse then what it used to be. Gr

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-23 Thread mani
in order to have 8 gigs of ram. > > Half the reason I wanted to get into the Mac world was that OSX is supposed > > to use memory  more efficiently. > > - Original Message - > > From: "Bryan Smart" > > To: > > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 2:1

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-22 Thread carlene knight
It's baffling that some have this problem and some don't. I have a MacMini with a monitor running SL with only 2 gigs of RAM and seldom experience this problem. Have you guys gotten the new Safari update that came out about a week ago? If not, maybe it will help. On Mar 13, 2010, at 4:56 PM,

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-15 Thread Sarah Alawami
ue. I'll post their response if I get one. > > Carolyn > - Original Message - > From: Kimberly thurman > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:12 PM > Subject: Re: safari busy, busy, busy > > I must say that I had troub

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-15 Thread Ricardo Walker
er "busy". > > Bryan > > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 11:07 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: safar

RE: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-15 Thread Bryan Smart
Monday, March 15, 2010 11:07 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: safari busy, busy, busy Kim: I did write to accessibility at apple to see if they have any thoughts on the repetition issue. I'll post their response if I get one. Carolyn - Original Message -

RE: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-15 Thread Bryan Smart
:02 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: safari busy, busy, busy But I think ZI'd have to have a Mac Book Pro in order to have 8 gigs of ram. Half the reason I wanted to get into the Mac world was that OSX is supposed to use memory more efficiently. - Original Me

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-15 Thread Søren Jensen
yan Smart > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:30 PM > Subject: RE: safari busy, busy, busy > > I bet you have a Mac Mini without a monitor. > > Bryan > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionar...@googlegroups.com[mailto:mac

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-15 Thread Carolyn
bject: Re: safari busy, busy, busy I must say that I had trouble with the busy thing yesterday when I set up Genius in ITunes. I suppose this must be a very memory-intensive process, as it bogged my computer down for several minutes and I got the busy message intermittently during this whole

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-14 Thread Kimberly thurman
der to have 8 gigs of ram. >> Half the reason I wanted to get into the Mac world was that OSX is supposed >> to use memory more efficiently. >> - Original Message - >> From: "Bryan Smart" >> To: >> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 2:17 PM >&

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-14 Thread Rich Ring
Does the page you're having trouble with have flash content? - Original Message - From: "Sarah Alawami" To: Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 5:35 PM Subject: Re: safari busy, busy, busy You might be righ thtrere. the web page that gives me heck is the unlv web campus page

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-14 Thread Rich Ring
I am going to try that, just to see. Have you updated to the latest version of Safari, and if so, has it made any difference? - Original Message - From: "Kaare Dehard" To: Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 5:26 PM Subject: Re: safari busy, busy, busy Hi rich, I have foun

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-14 Thread Sarah Alawami
to get into the Mac world was that OSX is supposed > to use memory more efficiently. > - Original Message - > From: "Bryan Smart" > To: > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 2:17 PM > Subject: RE: safari busy, busy, busy > > > That's true as long

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-14 Thread Sarah Alawami
ac user, I am not really putting a >> lot of pressure on things as I don't usually have a lot of programs running >> at the same time. >> - Original Message - >> From: "Kimberly thurman" >> To: >> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 3:16 PM

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-14 Thread Kaare Dehard
"Kimberly thurman" > To: > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 3:16 PM > Subject: Re: safari busy, busy, busy > > > Yep, happens to me in Itunes also as well as Safari. > On Mar 14, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Carolyn wrote: > >> No Brian, actually it's a macbook

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-14 Thread Rich Ring
ge- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:57 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: safari busy, busy, busy Four gigs is more than sufficient and any additional benefits from installing more r

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-14 Thread Rich Ring
ve a lot of programs running at the same time. - Original Message - From: "Kimberly thurman" To: Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 3:16 PM Subject: Re: safari busy, busy, busy Yep, happens to me in Itunes also as well as Safari. On Mar 14, 2010, at 1:25 PM, Carolyn wrote: > No B

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-14 Thread Kimberly thurman
> > Carolyn > - Original Message - > From: Bryan Smart > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 5:30 PM > Subject: RE: safari busy, busy, busy > > I bet you have a Mac Mini without a monitor. > > Bryan > > -Original

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-14 Thread Kimberly thurman
I've considered upgrading ram on this 2009 Macbook Pro, but I'm not in any hurry. So far, I'm fairly impressed with it's performance with only 2 gigs of ram. Of course, I haven't tried running windows on it yet. If I decide to go that route, I read more ram certainly is a huge benefit. On M

RE: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-14 Thread Bryan Smart
groups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Scott Howell Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 6:57 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: safari busy, busy, busy Four gigs is more than sufficient and any additional benefits from installing more ram will not justify the expense of t

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-14 Thread Carolyn
ch 13, 2010 5:30 PM Subject: RE: safari busy, busy, busy I bet you have a Mac Mini without a monitor. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 3:31 PM

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-14 Thread Nicolai Svendsen
Hi, You're assuming that it is a VoiceOver bug in the first place. It doesn't have to be. And if you can't tell Apple how to reproduce the issue, there's not much point telling them about it as they have no leads to go on. Saying that Safari goes busy like crazy is all good, but if they don't k

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-14 Thread Anne Robertson
You report a bug to Apple by contacting: accessibil...@apple.com By the way, my 2007 MacBook has only 2 gb of memory and I hardly ever get Safari Busy. I usually run about 6 or 7 apps at once, however I don't have Windows on my machine at all. Cheers, Anne -- You received this message becaus

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-13 Thread clarence griffin
I have a mac book pro with 8 gigs and I get that some times, not that often though. GF Goldfinga Productions Phone: 757-412-5494 Follow me on twitter http://www.twitter.com/goldfingas On Mar 13, 2010, at 7:56 PM, May McDonald wrote: > i just have a Macbook and I get the annoying busy busy

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
I'm blad thawt I'mnto the only one that gets this. How do we report this to apple? On Mar 13, 2010, at 4:56 PM, May McDonald wrote: > i just have a Macbook and I get the annoying busy busy too darn often. > On 2010-03-13, at 4:24 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > >> I'm using 4 gigs in my macbook pro a

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-13 Thread May McDonald
i just have a Macbook and I get the annoying busy busy too darn often. On 2010-03-13, at 4:24 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > I'm using 4 gigs in my macbook pro and safary no mater how many apps I close > still gets stuck on busy when it wants to. lol. > On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Kimberly thurman w

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
stupid question alert. How do you report a bug to apple if you have to? Take care. On Mar 13, 2010, at 4:02 PM, Kaare Dehard wrote: > It's always good to report suspected bugs... Also saffari was updated > yesterday or today, and an update may be of help resolving this issue for you. > On 2010-0

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
I'm using 4 gigs in my macbook pro and safary no mater how many apps I close still gets stuck on busy when it wants to. lol. On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: > Happens to me a lot and I'm using a 13 inch Macbook Pro. It only has2 > gigs of ram and I'm thinking that is ca

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
In my case it's a macbook pro and safary lags like crazy only on unlv's blackboard site. but it is anoying as all get out. On Mar 13, 2010, at 3:30 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: > I bet you have a Mac Mini without a monitor. > > Bryan > > -Original Message- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-13 Thread Sarah Alawami
I get it alot on webcampus and black board wich my colledge uses extensiviliy it is very frustrating! On Mar 13, 2010, at 12:36 PM, James & Nash wrote: > Hi Carolyn > On 13 Mar 2010, at 20:30, Carolyn wrote: >> I suppose this has already come up on list, but I'm wondering if others are >> frustr

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-13 Thread Kaare Dehard
I've got 8 gigs and still get this concern. Upgraded today to safari 4.5 and am monitoring. On 2010-03-13, at 6:45 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: > Happens to me a lot and I'm using a 13 inch Macbook Pro. It only has2 > gigs of ram and I'm thinking that is causing some of my problems. I get

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-13 Thread Kaare Dehard
It's always good to report suspected bugs... Also saffari was updated yesterday or today, and an update may be of help resolving this issue for you. On 2010-03-13, at 3:30 PM, Carolyn wrote: > Hi: > I suppose this has already come up on list, but I'm wondering if others are > frustrated by VO co

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-13 Thread Scott Howell
Four gigs is more than sufficient and any additional benefits from installing more ram will not justify the expense of the ram. I have four gigs and I run a lot of stuff at once with no noticeable hit on performance. On Mar 13, 2010, at 6:45 PM, Kimberly thurman wrote: > Happens to me a lot an

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-13 Thread Kimberly thurman
Happens to me a lot and I'm using a 13 inch Macbook Pro. It only has2 gigs of ram and I'm thinking that is causing some of my problems. I get the busy stuff when I have multiple aps open. This leads me to a question of my own. I see that it is possible to upgrade ram. My husband coul

RE: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-13 Thread Bryan Smart
I bet you have a Mac Mini without a monitor. Bryan -Original Message- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Carolyn Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 3:31 PM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: safari busy, busy, busy Hi: I su

Re: safari busy, busy, busy

2010-03-13 Thread James & Nash
Hi Carolyn On 13 Mar 2010, at 20:30, Carolyn wrote: > I suppose this has already come up on list, but I'm wondering if others are > frustrated by VO continuously getting stuck on and repeating "busy," Is there > a way to stop that from happening? And Would this be considered a bug to > report t