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From: ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Finder eject-and-dismount keyboard shortcut
Message-ID: <2470.275fd964@waikato.ac.nz>
Date: 7 Dec 90 05:03:16 GMT
Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
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One of our local Apple people told me about a Finder keyboard shortcut I
hadn't known about before. If you hold down the option key while selecting
"Eject" from the File menu (either with option-cmd-E or option-select-
menu-item-with-mouse), and keep holding the option key down, the Finder
will eject the disk, and then dismount it (the icon disappears from
the Desktop). You have to keep the option key down after the eject--
it takes about a second for the icon to disappear.

Can somebody tell me, is this a relatively new shortcut? I'm just curious.
It just seems like such an odd one.

Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-71-562-889
Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-71-384-066
University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
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