Hi, Try going into the Activity Monitor and seeing what's at the top of the list. Note which process is using up CPU resources. I wouldn't suggest quitting the process yet, but take a look to see what might be messing with your system.
Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition) Fort McMurray, AB Canada On Mar 14, 2019, at 09:15, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: Simon, I may have spoken too soon. Seems you and I are the only ones. It happened a lot in the Finder, but mostly when I run an app. It almost always happens, at random, when I press a VO command. >From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true? On 3/12/2019 10:59 PM, Simon Fogarty wrote: > I don't think it's a specs issue, > I was getting the same issue today on a mac book air that wasn't mine and > would have had lower than average specifications. > I also get it on an imac and my own mac books as well, > I think along the lines that it's a voiceover issue > -----Original Message----- > From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Tuesday, 12 March 2019 8:09 AM > To: MacVisionaries <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Subject: Optimizing SSD drive > Some time ago I upgraded the 8gigs of ram to 16 on the MBP and swapped > the spinning drive for the SSD. > I don't recall if the issue with Voiceover existed before then. What > happens is often when I am navigating the Mac, VO will sound like its being > throttled back then comes back quickly. Its random, I never know when or what > may trigger this. > So I will have someone help me put the 8gigs back tomorrow and see if the > issue clears up. But I am wondering if the SSD is automatically optimized or > not. If not, can it be optimized? > This happens even when I have done clean installs and have set things up > from scratch but I am willing to try anything to run this down. Thoughts? > From E.T.'s Keyboard... > ancient.ali...@icloud.com > Many believe that we have been visited > in the past. What if it were true? > -- > 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. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.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 https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.