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Subject: Desktop Manager at apple.com
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Date: 28 Oct 90 23:17:00 GMT
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For all of you who want the Desktop Manager but can't find it...

Surprise! It's on apple.com! And you thought Apple didn't want to distribute
it. But there's a catch--It's hidden.                             

Oscar, Apple's appletalk pre-system-7 file transfer utility required the
Desktop Manager, so it's bundled in there. The whole package is in the
hacks directory, probably pub/dts/mac/hacks. Something like that; you'll
find it.

If you're still using 6.0.2 you should get the DM_Fix from sumex that
modifies the finder to allow you to unmount hard drives. Following Finders
work fine with it, previous ones not at all. 

Note that the Desktop Manager
does not change how the Finder deals with floppies--but the 'Updating
Desktop file' message will flash by in only microseconds when copying files
on hard drives. I was able to reconsolidate my partitions with no penalty
in time for doing so (yah! No 20megs distributed 5megs here, 5 there...).

Enjoy!
Mark Lanett