To be a little more clear, VoiceOver is a completely separate application from Mail, Safari, Chrome or other programs. When VoiceOver says “Mail busy” it means that VoiceOver has asked for something from the other program and after a reasonable amount of time (perhaps one half a second) VoiceOVer will tell you it can’t get that information right now by saying Application Name busy.
So all this is saying is that your application is not talking right to VoiceOver. Sometimes it is because that application is too busy sometimes it is because the operating system itself is too busy and not giving enough time to your primary application. Though Sierra Apple made strides to give the frontmost application more resources. If your memory on your computer is full, then the computer will try to push some of that information to the hard disk this is called swapping and significantly reduces performance. If there is very little space on your hard disk than swapping can take even longer to perform or might fail. Also web sites that are constantly updating with new information can cause the browser to go into busy mode, the web site pushes new information the browser has to incorporate that information into the screen that is already there and then it tells VoiceOver hey I have a new layout and it is even possible that VoiceOVer and the browser might chat a bit to get all the details of the new layout. Though you might have noticed in El Capitan and newer systems that if you ask for a list of items on the page it does not immediately say 5000 items, but instead waits until you type a couple of characters. This can certainly help with constantly updating pages but there can still be issues. Hope all this information helps, Jonathan Cohn > On Aug 14, 2018, at 9:11 AM, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > It happens with Google Chrome as well, and it freezes completely and does not > allow me to do a thing, no matter what I press. It’ll say “VoiceOver off,” > but not “VoiceOver on,” and it will be silent for a long time, or say “busy,” > no matter what I press, though I can almost always get out and can do > something with another application. But as soon as I go back to the web, it > freezes until it is good and ready. Sometimes, this will happen in Mail: > busy, freeze, click, and “VoiceOver on”. > >> On Aug 14, 2018, at 1:18 AM, 'Marshall Scott' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> Try navigating up from the bottom of the page or searching for something >> specific in the web page. Also try using Google Chrome rather than Safari. >> Marshall >> >> >>> On Aug 13, 2018, at 5:45 PM, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Could you be more specific about “navigating around the problem area”? >>>> Everything freezes, and I have to wait for a few seconds up to a couple of >>>> minutes before I hear a click and “VoiceOver on,” . . . and then if I >>>> attempt again the task I was attempting, again, and again, and again, ad >>>> nauseam. >>> >>>> On Aug 13, 2018, at 5:49 PM, 'Marshall Scott' via MacVisionaries >>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> The only thing I can suggest is to try to navigate around the problem >>>> area. I realize this isn't of much help. The only other thing I can >>>> think of is for everyone who has this issue to call Apple Accessibility >>>> every time it happens. Unfortunately, this might have undesirable >>>> consequences in terms of support. >>>> Marshall >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Aug 13, 2018, at 2:55 PM, Christine Grassman <cgrassman1...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have tried everything: cleaning out unnecessary files, doing a disk >>>>> utility first aid check, PRAM and SMC, numerous reboots: no matter what >>>>> web browser I use, no matter how close to my router I am, no matter what >>>>> I do, whenever I perform searches, try to fill anything out, read through >>>>> headings or other information, busy becomes a monster and is costing >>>>> literally taking hours out of my days to complete the simplest tasks to >>>>> more involved ones. >>>>> Is there a darn thing I can do, and/or is there something visiting the >>>>> Genius Bar might accomplish? >>>>> Christine >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >>>>> Visionaries list. >>>>> >>>>> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >>>>> if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the >>>>> owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >>>>> >>>>> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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