Hi list,
since macOS 26 has been released to the general public I would like to raise a problem I'm having since basically the beginning of the beta cycles of macOS 26 Tahoe.
Emacspeak takes a long time to load. Steps to reproduce
1. Load Emacs.
2. You will hear the intro jingle as well as Swiftmac's introductory message.
3. Navigating with the arrow keys actually moves the cursor but Emacspeak doesn't speak.
What works for me is to use C-x <LEFT> to go to the *Scratch* buffer and hold up arrow till Emacspeak starts speaking.
Another, better workaround is to start Emacs with the nw flag, effectively spawning it in a terminal.
Hope someone can help me diagnose the problem. Below is some of my system specs
Model name: Mac mini
Model identifier: Mac16,10
Model number: MCYT4T/A
Czip: Apple M4
Łączna liczba rdzeni: 10 (wydajność: 4, efektywność: 6)
memory: 24 GB
Hardware version: 13822.40.110
Bootloader: 13822.40.110
GNU Emacs 30.2 (build 1, aarch64-apple-darwin21.6.0, NS appkit-2113.60 Version 12.6.1 (Build 21G217)) of 2025-08-14
Emacspeak 60.0, DreamDog 7482f8e
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