I agree with you 100%. That busy busy busy can bring me to the brink of violence. lol On Mar 15, 2010, at 12:48 PM, Bryan Smart wrote:
> Beyond helping to reduce the freeze ups when possible, I really hope that > Apple will make it possible to slow down the repetition of the busy message. > When VO says "busy busy busy busy" right back-to-back, it feels something > like annoying. I know the program is busy. I'd be satisfied if it just > reminded me once every 5 seconds, particularly since it will say "ready" when > the program is no longer "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: 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 ----- > From: Kimberly thurman <mailto:kimthur...@insightbb.com> > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 9:12 PM > Subject: 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 time. > On Mar 14, 2010, at 6:36 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > > > it does except for > > 1. when safary decides to hickup and > > > > 2, you try and mark 4000 messages as read at once. don't do that. lol. > > On Mar 14, 2010, at 3:02 PM, Rich Ring wrote: > > > >> 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 Message ----- > >> From: "Bryan Smart" <bryansm...@bryansmart.com> > >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > >> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 2:17 PM > >> Subject: RE: safari busy, busy, busy > >> > >> > >> That's true as long as you're only running desktop apps. > >> > >> If you're using virtual machines, for example, 8GB will be better. A > Windows > >> 7 VM needs 3GB of memory to run with maximum performance, for > example, and, > >> with 4GB, that wouldn't leave you much for OSX. You can always run > your > >> virtual machines with less memory, and start fewer apps in them, but > you'll > >> hurt performance. > >> > >> 8GB is only about $350 right now in the US. It isn't that serious of > a > >> purchase if you do serious computing. > >> > >> Bryan > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> 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 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 and I'm using a 13 inch Macbook Pro. It only > has 2 > >>> 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 could do this for me, but how much ram is > enough? > >>> I read that I could put up to 8 gigs of ram in this thing. Is that > over > >>> kill? Would 4 gigs be enough? > >>> > >>> Thanks in advance. > >>> > >>> Kim > >>> On Mar 13, 2010, at 6:30 PM, Bryan Smart wrote: > >>> > >>>> 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 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 to Apple. Sorry if this is old to some of you, > but it's > >>>> new to me as I use the Mac more. > >>>> TIA > >>>> > >>>> Carolyn :)ch > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. > >>>> To post to this group, send email to > macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. > >>>> To post to this group, send email to > macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >>>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >>> "MacVisionaries" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to > macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "MacVisionaries" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "MacVisionaries" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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