black box appears on my screen

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john2014dd Author

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black box appears on my screen

When I type on the screen a black box is highlighted. How do I get rid of this?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Sep 5, 2008 1:26 AM

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Answer 1

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I-love-my-macbook

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Sep 5, 2008 2:27 AM in response to john2014dd

Try pressing command-F5.

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joshz

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Sep 10, 2008 4:27 PM in response to David Vinson

A curious question, is this 'function' mention anywhere in OS X's documentation?

Yes, it's called VoiceOver, and you can find it in >System Preferences...>Universal Access>Seeing tab.

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Sep 28, 2008 8:29 AM in response to john2014dd

THANKS FOR THIS QUESTION...I had the same thing and was wigging out..I thought it was a "virus"!!!!
How does this happen? Also I just purchased MAC SCAN 2 just to be on the safe side. Anyone have any comments about it?

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joshz

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Sep 28, 2008 9:37 AM in response to MCFLORIDA

MCFLORIDA wrote:
THANKS FOR THIS QUESTION...I had the same thing and was wigging out..I thought it was a "virus"!!!!
How does this happen? Also I just purchased MAC SCAN 2 just to be on the safe side. Anyone have any comments about it?

Don't waste your money on mac virus software-there are no mac viruses.
If you want to stop yourself from passing on windows viruses to your friends, use the free ClamXav.

Good luck!

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Answer 5

Sep 10, 2008 4:26 PM in response to john2014dd

Thanks, this worked for me. I searched and searched through System Preferences and couldn't find this. A curious question, is this 'function' mention anywhere in OS X's documentation?

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Answer 6

Nov 1, 2008 8:16 AM in response to MCFLORIDA

It happened because you accidently typed the keyboard shortcut (cmd-F5). See the Universal Access preference pane...

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