Help - Horrible black box!!

waso_dude · 13 Nov 2007 at 16:34

I've just restarted my macbook, and i'm getting a black box around icon on the desktop - if i tab they mover with the selection.

how do i remove this?

If anyone knows how.

theheyes · 13 Nov 2007 at 17:33

Sounds like something graphical has borked. Have you tried powering off (NOT a soft reset) ? Log into a different user account and see if the problem persists.

waso_dude · 13 Nov 2007 at 18:03

i only have one account i'll get a screenie

waso_dude · 13 Nov 2007 at 18:07

I can't get a screenshot of it. Its a black square currently its around this box that i'm typing into.

theheyes · 13 Nov 2007 at 18:08

Go to Sys Prefs > Accounts and just create a temporary standard account.

Thats what I do when something borks. If its the same with a new account something is properly broken and I need to dig deeper.

theheyes · 13 Nov 2007 at 18:12

Try pressing fn+AppleKey+F5

waso_dude · 13 Nov 2007 at 18:27

yep i just did a search on google for horrible black boxes and it said about voice over i disabled it and its off now

yey!

Thanks.

theheyes · 13 Nov 2007 at 18:33

How did you turn it on? I can just imagine someone slumped over a keyboard

WotDa · 13 Nov 2007 at 18:54

I managed to turn it on the other night and wondered what the hell was talking to me.

waso_dude · 13 Nov 2007 at 20:03

i was just playing about with it bored at work. i didn't have the sound on so i didn't notice the voice.

PardonTheWait · 13 Nov 2007 at 22:37

WotDa said:
I managed to turn it on the other night and wondered what the hell was talking to me.

Happened to me the other day at work, I left it on for about fifteen minutes as it was driving my boss garrity

WotDa · 13 Nov 2007 at 22:55

Mohinder said:
Happened to me the other day at work, I left it on for about fifteen minutes as it was driving my boss garrity

"Window - Overclockers UK - Mac Hardware!"

gumbald · 14 Nov 2007 at 10:44

I turned it on and it started using huge amounts of processor? :confused:

Only noticed when the fans started going mental.