Hi, sometimes, when this sort of thing happens, you can press and click the Trackpad. Occasionally, VO will read things but proper focus is not actually on the dialogs. Clicking the mouse or trackpad can often fix the focus and get you back on track again.
Later.. Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 11, 2014, at 10:11 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > I did, a few times. Eventually I went ahead with the hard shutdown. After > some fiddling with user accounts, everything is working and I'm installing > the latest updates. That was really odd, but at least it finally worked. Now, > let's just hope the MBP holds up; my friend lent it to me since it refused to > boot and always ran slowly. I'm hoping the clean install of a new OS will > make things better. > On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:56 AM, Jessica <jldai...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Have you tried -mand, function f5? >> Maybe that's what you'll have !d. Just a thought. >> Jessica >> jldai...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:46 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: >> >>> I usually can too. I hate to do a hard shutdown as it is still configuring, >>> I think, but I see no other options at this point. >>> On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Jessica <jldai...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I have never seen this. >>>> I was able to do the installation completely on my own. >>>> >>>> Jessica >>>> jldai...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Mar 11, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi all, >>>>> I got Mavericks to install on this 2010 MBP and am now at the setup >>>>> screen. Suddenly, though, I lost speech. I didn't lose sound, as VO still >>>>> makes its clicks and beeps, and I get error tones from OSX. There is a >>>>> Voiceover dialog on the screen, just the rate adjustment, but it won't go >>>>> away. Cmd-tab, cmd-w/q, escape, cmd-f5, even the power button all result >>>>> in an error tone. I have no speech and can't figure out what went wrong. >>>>> Has anyone ever seen this? Again, it is during the setup process; I gave >>>>> the Mac my wifi password, skipped iCloud sign-in as it is not my machine, >>>>> set the full name and admin password, and then this happened. Any ideas? >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Have a great day, >>>>> Alex Hall >>>>> mehg...@icloud.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex Hall >>> mehg...@icloud.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.com > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
