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From: irwin@udny.uchicago.edu (Mark Irwin)
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Subject: Re: Easiest way to hang a Mac...
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Date: 20 Mar 91 00:01:29 GMT
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In article <3845.27e5efa2@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com> tletski@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com writes:
>What's the easiest way to hang a Mac?  Drag the icon of a disk that has been
>ejected into the trash and ... not have the disk!  Sounds like a dumb thing to
>do, but around here Mac's are community property and as a result this happens
>VERY often.  Mostly this happens when novices are careful, but I thought the
>Mac was supposed to be friendly to novices.  Oh well, does System 7 address
>this issue at all?
>
>Paul Tlestki
>Highland Hts., Ohio


Actually this can usually be easily solved.  Just type command-period
(you may have to try it a couple of times) and the offending dialog box
will disappear.  I don't know if this is in the manuals or not. I would
guess that it isn't.


Mark

Mark Irwin
Dept of Statistics, Univ of Chicago
irwin@galton.uchicago.edu
mark@stat.ubc.ca