Harry and Daniel,
Thank you for your replies.
Following my trip to the Genius Bar today I can now at least use my MBP.
However, although Voiceover would speak when the dialogue box asking for a
password was displayed we could not enter text into the password field
without using the mouse. So, at the moment, the MBP is set to start without
asking for a password. Also, some other intermitent problems I have been
experienceing showed up. For example, Voiceover does not always start
automatically and this seems to happen mostly when not using the mains. The
technician suggested that it might be best to reinstall the OS completely. I
think I might go for that option now that I have backed up the small amount
of data I had on the hard drive. I will then look at setting up two accounts
as well.
thank you very much for your help.
Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harry Hogue" <harryhog...@gmail.com>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2012 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: Log-in Password on Macbook Pro
Chris,
I changed my login to prompt for a username and password rather than showing
a list of accounts. Voiceover speaks fine at this prompt, and this allows
you to enter the username, tab, and enter the password. Hints also work if
you need them. You are able to switch accounts while logged into one
account, if you need to, as well.
I regularly use my laptop on a standard account, and have my administrator
account for checking for software, installing software, upgrading, etc. I
think it is more secure this way. So yes, passwords are always a good idea;
they just seem to work a bit better for VoiceOver if you have the OS prompt
for a username and password instead of having you choose from a list of
accounts.
Harry
On Jul 14, 2012, at 3:51 PM, Christopher Edwards wrote:
Hello,
I have an MBP running Lion which I bought at the end of April.
It was set up by a member of staff at the Apple store where I bought it.
He
suggested that I should have a password when starting the OS and I quite
agree with this. However, at a subsequent one-to-one training session it
became apparent that Voiceover did not appear to start before the Password
prompt appeared. the Trainer therefore said he would disable the password.
However, I have since started to have prompts which voiceover says have no
window while I am running the machine. Today, at another training session,
this prompt could not be dismissed without entering a password and I no
longer remember the one I used. I have a Genius Bar appointment for Sunday
to try and get this resolved.
My questions are:
1. Is the Log-in password prompt normally spoken by Voiceover?
2. If not, how do you know when to enter the password?
3. Do people just not bother with a password?
4. It strikes me that it would be good practice to have two accounts. One
for normal use and one just for installation of software etc. If one does
this will Voiceover speak at the screen where you have to select the
account?
Many thanks for your help.
Chris
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