[macvoiceover] Re: mac memory (was Re: Voiceover going silent)

  • From: Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 19:42:27 +1200

Go into the Apple menu, select 'about this Mac', interact with the toolbar and 
select 'memory'. Here you will find information about your options and what you 
can do.

TF

On 21/05/2013, at 7:16 PM, covici@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

I have 4gb in my Macbook pro, how hard would it be and what kind of
memory would I need to get it up to 8gb?  Its about 2010 vintage.


Ricardo Walker <rwalker296@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Nope.
> 
> At least not on my end.  I have 8GB of RAM, and a solid state drive.  
> Generally, the only app I have open is iTunes.
> 
> Ricardo Walker
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> On May 21, 2013, at 12:06 AM, Tuscia-Falconer <falconer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> It may be influenced by how many Apps you have open and their size taking up 
>> RAM, so as the machine wakes up it may be giving priority to something other 
>> than VO initially ???
>> 
>> TF
>> 
>> On 21/05/2013, at 12:39 PM, Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> This is a problem I've had before, and recently it's been happeing a lot. I 
>> know others have mentioned it on the list, seems as if it may be specific to 
>> the Macbook Air.
>> 
>> When coming out of sleep mode, Voiceover goes silent. other audio functions 
>> like music play, so it isn't the general sound system. In the past I could 
>> replicate it by pulling my headphones out after the unit went to sleep, and 
>> when I woke it up again no sound.
>> 
>> It isn't that Voiceover is muted, I've had sighted assistance confirm that, 
>> and that Voiceover is indeed on and controlling the computer.
>> 
>> The only fix is to cycle Voiceover on and off with command F5, but you have 
>> to hit the command 4 times. It hadn't happened in months, leading me to 
>> think some update had mysteriouslly fixed it, but the last few days it has 
>> happened most times I've brought the unity out of sleep, always when the 
>> screen is open and the sleep time just kicks in.
>> 
>> Any thoughts? Anyone else still having this problem?
>> 
>> Ian
>> 
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