OS-X is great but it can be quirky at times. Accidentally enabling the ‘Universal Access/Voice Over’ setting is one of those times and may leave you thinking you are stuck in a world where everything has an ugly black box.
Symptoms of Universal Access/Voice Over
- Black boxes around icons, text inputs, etc.
- Finder menu has ‘Log off’/'Shutdown’ listed twice
The first time I experienced these symptoms, I tried the standard fare of solutions – shutting down applications, removing newly-installed software and of course several reboots. To my bewilderment, my mac was still suffering from the aformentioned symptoms.
Solution
The real issue is “Universal Access/Voice Over”. You can ‘accidentally’ enable this by hitting ‘Command – F5′. The way to turn this off is to
- Open System Preferences
- Open Universal Access
- Turn off Voice Over
There! Your Mac should be back to normal.
Posted by mcoopet 
