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2019-03-21 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
com> >>> <mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com><mailto:ancient.ali...@icloud.com> >>> Many believe that we have been visited >>> in the past. What if it were true? >>> On 3/20/2019 2:10 AM, Simon Fogarty wrote: >>>> Yeah ET, >>>> Exactly, >&g

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2019-03-21 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
ries@googlegroups.com> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com><mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2019 4:43 AM To:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com><mailto:macvisionarie

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2019-03-21 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
gt;> So when you changed to alex the issue went away? >>> The default voice I get with Mojave is not alex it's a female voice I >>> think Australian which is also weird as they never run out of breath. >>> -Original Message- >>> From: 'E.T.

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2019-03-21 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
eird as they never run out of breath. -Original Message- From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com><mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2019 4:43 AM To:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroup

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2019-03-21 Thread Simon Fogarty
Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2019 8:52 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Optimizing SSD drive Simon, I don't think the voice matters. I just ran my beta and reset VO to default and got lots of fades when running Apple apps. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@i

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2019-03-20 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
al Message- From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com><mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2019 4:43 AM To:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com><mailto:macvisionarie

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2019-03-20 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
also weird as they never run out of breath. >> -Original Message- >> From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>>> &g

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2019-03-20 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
they never run out of breath. -Original Message- From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2019 4:43 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Optimizing

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2019-03-20 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
isionaries Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2019 4:43 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Optimizing SSD drive This is so strange. I changed to a different voice and could not replicate the issue. Changed back to Alex and still cannot do it. I would not describe this as choppine

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2019-03-20 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
et with Mojave is not alex it's a female voice I think > Australian which is also weird as they never run out of breath. > -Original Message- > From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2019 4:43 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subjec

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2019-03-20 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2019 4:43 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Optimizing SSD drive This is so strange. I changed to a different voice and could not replicate the issue. Changed back to Alex and still cannot do it. I would not describ

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2019-03-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
I don’t believe so as I’m not using tm at all! I can’t see why as I’m not storing anything worthwhile on my mac’s ssd. From: 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries Sent: Wednesday, 20 March 2019 4:49 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Optimizing SSD drive Hi, Actually

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2019-03-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
esday, 19 March 2019 4:43 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Optimizing SSD drive This is so strange. I changed to a different voice and could not replicate the issue. Changed back to Alex and still cannot do it. I would not describe this as choppiness however. Its more l

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2019-03-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
We're being picked on by the voiceoiver ghosts. -Original Message- From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2019 4:49 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Optimizing SSD drive Simon, You and I are alone in this. What is going on?! (grins

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2019-03-20 Thread Simon Fogarty
' via MacVisionaries Sent: Tuesday, 19 March 2019 3:42 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Optimizing SSD drive Simon, Do you get the same choppiness on the MBP as you do on the MBA? I ask because I'm not seeing that at all on my 2017 MBP with similar specs. A little quicker p

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2019-03-19 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
gt; Hi ET, >>>> I've just reimaged my mac book air, >>>> It's doing the same thing with the new installation of Mojave >>>> And I can't figure it out. >>>> There isn't anything specific that sets it off. >>>> -Origin

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2019-03-19 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
roups.com> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> Sent: Friday, 15 March 2019 4:16 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups

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2019-03-19 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
gt;> Hi ET, >>> I've just reimaged my mac book air, >>> It's doing the same thing with the new installation of Mojave >>> And I can't figure it out. >>> There isn't anything specific that sets it off. >>> -Original Message- >>> F

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2019-03-19 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
, 15 March 2019 4:16 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Optimizing SSD drive Simon, I may have spoken too soon. Seems you and I are the only ones. It happened a lot in the

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2019-03-19 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
t;> And I can't figure it out. >> There isn't anything specific that sets it off. >> -Original Message- >> From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> >> Sent: Friday, 15 March 2019 4:16 AM >> To: mac

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2019-03-18 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
t off. -Original Message- From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>> Sent: Friday, 15 March 2019 4:16 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Optimizing SSD drive Simon, I may have spoken

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2019-03-18 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
; There isn't anything specific that sets it off. > -Original Message- > From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries > Sent: Friday, 15 March 2019 4:16 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: Optimizing SSD drive > Simon, > I may have spoken too soon. Seem

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2019-03-18 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
It's doing the same thing with the new installation of Mojave And I can't figure it out. There isn't anything specific that sets it off. -Original Message- From: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries Sent: Friday, 15 March 2019 4:16 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subje

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2019-03-18 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
riday, 15 March 2019 8:32 AM *To:*macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> *Subject:*Re: Optimizing SSD drive Hi, That's worth a try.  Officially, according to Apple, those units only accept 8 GB of RAM, althoughEveryMac.com <http://everymac.com/>s

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2019-03-18 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Sent: Friday, 15 March 2019 8:32 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Optimizing SSD drive Hi, That's worth a try. Officially, according to Apple, those units only accept 8 GB of RAM, although EveryMac.com <http://everymac.com/> says that they'll take 16 GB.

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2019-03-18 Thread Simon Fogarty
ubject: Re: Optimizing SSD drive Hi, That's worth a try. Officially, according to Apple, those units only accept 8 GB of RAM, although EveryMac.com<http://EveryMac.com> says that they'll take 16 GB. Since you still have the older RAM, it's an excellent troubleshooting ste

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2019-03-18 Thread Simon Fogarty
iday, 15 March 2019 4:16 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Optimizing SSD drive 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.

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2019-03-14 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, That's worth a try. Officially, according to Apple, those units only accept 8 GB of RAM, although EveryMac.com says that they'll take 16 GB. Since you still have the older RAM, it's an excellent troubleshooting step. Later... Tim Kilburn Apple Teacher (with Swift Playgrounds Recognition)

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2019-03-14 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
MBP 13 inch 2012. Intel Core i7 2.9GHz 64bit. 16gig ram from Crucial (as is the SSD). I may have someone come over and swap the original 8gigs back in and test. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if it were true?

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2019-03-14 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, 4 to 10% is nothing. I have things taking 95% and don't have the choppiness issue. Your CPU processes things simultaneously and sequentially sharing the load as tasks are required. You can have a fast processor, but fewer cores, a fast SSD, but slow bus speed between the SSD and the CPU.

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2019-03-14 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
No surprise. the top two processes are... com.apple.speech.speechsynthesisd and Voiceover. The top one was taking anywhere from 4 to 10 percent of CPU. Is there a way to optimize this? As noted earlier, I notice this only when I actually execute a VO command. From E.T.'s Keyboard...

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2019-03-14 Thread 'Tim Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
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 Playgroun

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2019-03-14 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
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

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2019-03-13 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
I don't either. TRIMming the SSD took care of it. 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

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2019-03-12 Thread Simon Fogarty
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- Fro

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2019-03-11 Thread 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
Tim, Thanks much. Too soon to know if it helped. I will do some routine work on the Mac for a while and see how it goes. 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 3/11/2019 1:08 PM, 'Tim J Kilburn' via M

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2019-03-11 Thread 'Tim J Kilburn' via MacVisionaries
Hi, The trimming procedure shouldn’t make that big of a difference in performance. This link gives instructions and rationale for enabling trim on a third party SSD, https://www.howtogeek.com/222077/how-to-enable-trim-for-third-party-ssds-on-mac-os-x/ I have used this on numerous SSD’s withou