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From: knapp@cs.utexas.edu (Edgar Knapp)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Stuffit-strange problem
Summary: Uncheck "Allow Background Tasks"
Message-ID: <7051@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: 17 Oct 89 00:15:37 GMT
References: <5450@shlump.nac.dec.com>
Organization: U. Texas CS Dept., Austin, Texas
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In article <5450@shlump.nac.dec.com> phil@vaxphw.enet.dec.com (Phil Hunt) writes:
[slowdown of Stuffit observed]

The "Allow Background Tasks" option is checked in the Preferences...
menu item under the Option menu. Uncheck it to revert to the speed you
are used to.

On a related note: I would expect Stuffit to perform almost as well
with this option checked as without if no other programs are using CPU
cycles in the background. This is not the case, though. Does anyone
have any clues why?

Edgar

(knapp@cs.utexas.edu)