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From: tang@motcid.UUCP (Sam D. Tang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Finder eject-and-dismount keyboard shortcut
Message-ID: <5354@agate10.UUCP>
Date: 10 Dec 90 22:37:08 GMT
References: <2470.275fd964@waikato.ac.nz>
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Div., Arlington Heights, IL
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ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) writes:

>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.
...
A tiny QuicKey can drag a disk (or anything else) the cursor's hovering
over to the trash.  Option-T, say, and it's in the can, ejected, and 
unmounted.  Disks really aren't "trashed" of course (unlike files).  BTW, it's
always interesting to watch a new Mac user's panic stricken face when you drag 
his/her disk to the trash.

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