Yes, Matthew, hitting Command-Shift-A or D does indeed seem to precipitate things, now that you mention it.
Many thanks, and let's hope that this problem will be addressed in the release of Mountain Lion. Mike On 6,Jul,2012, at 6:46 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: > Hi Mike. > It used to until I figured out that little trick I told you about. > It seems to happen when I press one of the keystrokes that goes somewhere > such as command shift a to go to the applications folder. > > On 2012-07-06, at 12:22 PM, Mike Busboom wrote: > >> Thanks for responding to my query, Matthew. When this happens to you, does >> your Mac's fan turn on and does your unit start to heat up, too? >> >> Take care and thank you, >> >> Mike >> >> On 6,Jul,2012, at 6:09 PM, Matthew Campbell wrote: >> >>> Hi Mike. >>> What I do when my finder gets busy is switch to another app and then reload >>> VO. >>> This seems to fix the problem. I've been meaning to write Apple >>> Accessibility for a while now about this issue but haven't gotten around to >>> it. >>> HTH, >>> Matthew Campbell. >>> >>> >>> On 2012-07-06, at 11:48 AM, Mike Busboom wrote: >>> >>>> Hello listers, >>>> >>>> Recently, a lot of people have been talking about a bug that causes VO to >>>> constantly say: "Safari Busy." I, too, have frequently encountered this >>>> bug. >>>> >>>> I sometimes have a problem of a slightly different nature. Occasionally, >>>> though I cannot duplicate this problem at will, I am unable to do anything >>>> in Finder. VO says "Finder Busy," and my MacBook starts to get hot. Even >>>> though the fan turns on, the unit gets quite hot to the touch, and the >>>> only thing I can do is shut down my system. I do this by going to any >>>> app, except finder, that is running, and shut down my system through the >>>> Apple menu. >>>> >>>> I do not know if this issue is in any way related to Voice Over, but some >>>> insight into rectifying the problem would be truly appreciated. >>>> >>>> With kindest regards to all of you, >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.