Ahem, i have actually repaired permissions, but not verified the disk, this will be done immediately after having read the mails i’ve got. I have app delete as well so i’ll check those orphan files and see if they can be removed in some way. Thanks for the tips and more tips are welcome. /Krister
> 14 dec 2014 kl. 16:49 skrev Andrew Lamanche <ioani...@me.com>: > > Krister, > > Forgive me if I say something obvious you know and tried already, but have > you repaired permissions? Also, have you verified your disk in disk utility > which you can find in the same tab in disk utility, that is under "first > aid"? You may want to do this from your start up partition for best effect > by restarting your computer and then holding down command+r immediately you > hear the chime. Hold it down for a while, and then release. Your imac will > boot but you have to start speech with command+f5 yourself as it won't come > on automatically. Once you have got speech, you will be on the table where > you choose disk utility. In disk utility, choose your macintosh hd, and then > select "first aid' tab and then repair permissions as well as verify disk. > If you get a message that your disk needs repairing, you can repair it under > the same tab by choosing "repair disk". > > Also, I've recently bought an application called "app-delete'. It seems a > very useful app. One of the choices in the app is to look for orphan files. > These pieces of apps or files left behind after deletion. You said you had > accumulated a lot of stuff over the years. Maybe you have lots of orphan > stuff on your computer as well, like invalid preferences files etc. If you > want to purchase app-delete - which is not very expensive - get it from the > developer's website as the version available in AppStore is apparently buggy. > I know this from somebody on this list. I'm copying the link to the > developer's website below. You can use app-delete to delete unwanted > applications and and app-delete makes sure that everything is deleted. You > will have to learn how to do this but I know you have a lot of experience > since you've been on the list for years. Here's the link: > > http://www.reggieashworth.com/appdelete > > Best wishes > > Andrew >> On 14 Dec 2014, at 13:10, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> wrote: >> >> Hello good people. >> I will now as best i can try to describe a problem i have and have had since >> Mavericks. Every so often especially when browsing facebook or other apps >> with html content, but even in other apps, Voiceover will all of a sudden go >> silent and after that the only things that can be heard are the typical >> voiceover sounds when changing lines, windows etc, no speech is present. The >> only way i’ve found for speech to come back again is if i reboot the >> computer. I wonder if this is a known issue among you or if it may be unique >> to my mid 2011 IMac who’s never had a clean install? I wonder if there’s >> anything one could remove in terms of prefs files or such in order for this >> to go away or if a clean install has to be done. I hesitate to go the clean >> install route because of everything i have collected through the years but >> if it has to be done, so be it and then i only need to read up on how to >> cleanly install Yosemite on the Mac. >> TIA, >> /Krister >> >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
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