Weird Black boxes

shmoo235 · Aug 25, 2007, 07:33 PM

Hey

swiftaw · Aug 25, 2007, 07:37 PM

Trying to guess your question,

Go to system preferences->Universal Access

Make sure that VoiceOver is set to Off

mkrishnan · Aug 25, 2007, 07:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shmoo235

Hey

Actually I guessed the same as swiftaw, but I was beaten to it.

shmoo235 · Aug 25, 2007, 07:45 PM

Hey all again....has anyone had this problem....black boxes are appearing on my desktop and in each window I open. Random placements maybe around an icon, a word or just in the middle of the window..also I have 2 shutdowns, 2 restarts and 2 logouts under the apple.....no new downloads, apps or attachments.....any ideas would be appreciated....thanks

swiftaw · Aug 25, 2007, 07:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shmoo235

Hey all again....has anyone had this problem....black boxes are appearing on my desktop and in each window I open. Random placements maybe around an icon, a word or just in the middle of the window..also I have 2 shutdowns, 2 restarts and 2 logouts under the apple.....no new downloads, apps or attachments.....any ideas would be appreciated....thanks

Read my post above ^^^^^^^

shmoo235 · Aug 25, 2007, 07:47 PM

thanks

shmoo235 · Aug 25, 2007, 07:55 PM

My question now is what is that about? why the double shut down, restart, logouts and black boxes?

mkrishnan · Aug 25, 2007, 08:09 PM

Mmmm, as for the multiple entries in the Apple menu, i've never seen or heard of that before, sorry.

Makosuke · Aug 26, 2007, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by shmoo235

My question now is what is that about? why the double shut down, restart, logouts and black boxes?

The double Apple menu items is a "side effect" of having VoiceOver turned on. One of the "double" items has a "..." after it, and the other doesn't--the extra one without the "..." executes that action without a confirmation dialogue, I believe. So you don't have to wait for the OS to read "Do you want to shut down..." out loud.

The black boxes are visually showing what VoiceOver is reading.

mkrishnan · Aug 26, 2007, 08:59 PM

Confirm that turning the feature on and off does the same for me. Thanks for the education! I'll keep a mental note of that.

Lisa1958 · Nov 8, 2012, 10:47 AM

Mysterious black box jumping all over my pages. I can't scroll or type.

Thanks. Your below solution worked.

"Go to system preferences->Universal Access

Make sure that VoiceOver is set to Off"

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shmoo235 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2007	Weird black boxes Again Hey all again....has anyone had this problem....black boxes are appearing on my desktop and in each window I open. Random placements maybe around an icon, a word or just in the middle of the window..also I have 2 shutdowns, 2 restarts and 2 logouts under the apple.....no new downloads, apps or attachments.....any ideas would be appreciated....thanks
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shmoo235 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2007	Thanks thanks
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Aug 25, 2007, 07:55 PM	#7
shmoo235 Thread Starter macrumors newbie Join Date: Aug 2007	??????? My question now is what is that about? why the double shut down, restart, logouts and black boxes?
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Aug 25, 2007, 08:09 PM	#8
mkrishnan Demi-God (Moderator emeritus) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI, USA	Mmmm, as for the multiple entries in the Apple menu, i've never seen or heard of that before, sorry. __________________ Mohan
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Aug 25, 2007, 07:37 PM	#2
swiftaw macrumors 603 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Omaha, NE, USA	Trying to guess your question, Go to system preferences->Universal Access Make sure that VoiceOver is set to Off
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Aug 26, 2007, 08:59 PM	#10
mkrishnan Demi-God (Moderator emeritus) Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Grand Rapids, MI, USA	Confirm that turning the feature on and off does the same for me. Thanks for the education! I'll keep a mental note of that. __________________ Mohan
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Nov 8, 2012, 10:47 AM	#11
Lisa1958 macrumors newbie Join Date: Nov 2012	Mysterious Moving Black Box Mysterious black box jumping all over my pages. I can't scroll or type. Thanks. Your below solution worked. "Go to system preferences->Universal Access Make sure that VoiceOver is set to Off"
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