Quicker way to restart?
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From: dorayme on 7 Jul 2010 19:50 In article <myoung-9D20FE.12432607072010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, John Young <myoung(a)cavtel.net> wrote: > In article > <75406cd3-2115-4726-82c3-b9588185c91e(a)u26g2000yqu.googlegroups.com>, > laredotornado <laredotornado(a)zipmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm using Mac 10.6.3. When I want to shut down or restart, it takes a > > while because I have to answer questions from most of my applications > > like "Do you really want to close?" or "Save your work before > > closing?". Is there a way that I can restart without manually having > > to specify that I don't want to save anything and always affirming > > that, yes, I really want to close this application? > > > > Thanks, - Dave > > Hold down the Option key while you select Restart from the Apple menu. Be careful of this advice. -- dorayme
From: Wes Groleau on 7 Jul 2010 20:02 On 07-07-2010 19:47, dorayme wrote: > Yes, it is a nuisance when you want to rush out, the command will > not be carried out but impertinently questioned! There might be a > way to script for save all open docs and shut all apps and ignore > warnings but I doubt it? What irritates me is that the "logout after ___ minutes idle" is completely useless. The kids constantly (and me occasionally) get busy with something else and the machine will alternate between - do you want to close all applications and log out? - the application ____ canceled logout -- Wes Groleau Amigos Falsos http://Ideas.Lang-Learn.us/WWW?itemid=108
From: dorayme on 7 Jul 2010 22:29 In article <i134iv$pcs$1(a)news.eternal-september.org>, Wes Groleau <Groleau+news(a)FreeShell.org> wrote: > On 07-07-2010 19:47, dorayme wrote: > > Yes, it is a nuisance when you want to rush out, the command will > > not be carried out but impertinently questioned! There might be a > > way to script for save all open docs and shut all apps and ignore > > warnings but I doubt it? > > What irritates me is that the "logout after ___ minutes idle" is > completely useless. The kids constantly (and me occasionally) get > busy with something else and the machine will alternate between > > - do you want to close all applications and log out? > - the application ____ canceled logout Yes, indeed. Superduper has something like 'you are still connected to the server, do you want to disconnect?'. On this one, there seems no pref to avoid such a warning. I have yet to want to shut the machine down without wanting to disconnect from the server. At the very least, if I wanted to shutdown, I am almost certainly wanting to disconnect from the server if something is not in the process of being uploaded or downloaded. I think you will agree, a few more smarts could be built in to all this, these machines need to understand us better. They seem so... so... autistic! <g> -- dorayme
From: John McWilliams on 8 Jul 2010 12:17 dorayme wrote: > In article <myoung-9D20FE.12432607072010(a)5ad64b5e.bb.sky.com>, > John Young <myoung(a)cavtel.net> wrote: > >> In article >> <75406cd3-2115-4726-82c3-b9588185c91e(a)u26g2000yqu.googlegroups.com>, >> laredotornado <laredotornado(a)zipmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm using Mac 10.6.3. When I want to shut down or restart, it takes a >>> while because I have to answer questions from most of my applications >>> like "Do you really want to close?" or "Save your work before >>> closing?". Is there a way that I can restart without manually having >>> to specify that I don't want to save anything and always affirming >>> that, yes, I really want to close this application? >>> >>> Thanks, - Dave >> Hold down the Option key while you select Restart from the Apple menu. > > Be careful of this advice. Could you please elaborate? Holding down said key after initiating a restart allows one to choose drives. What does it do selecting it before restart? What are the dangers? -- john mcwilliams
From: D Finnigan on 8 Jul 2010 12:40
John McWilliams wrote: > dorayme wrote: > > Could you please elaborate? > > Holding down said key after initiating a restart allows one to choose > drives. What does it do selecting it before restart? What are the dangers? > The "Are you sure you want to restart your computer now?" dialog will not appear. -- Mac GUI Vault - A source for retro Apple II and Macintosh computing. http://macgui.com/vault/ |