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From: afry@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (Alan R. Fry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Desktop Manager INIT - where to get it?
Summary: Where can I get the DM INIT?
Keywords: Desktop
Message-ID: <13469@ur-cc.UUCP>
Date: 17 Apr 91 05:46:17 GMT
Distribution: comp.sys.mac.system,comp.sys.mac.wanted
Organization: University of Rochester, Rochester NY
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Having gotten a bit tired of waiting for the "Updating the Desktop" message
every time I copy a file, I found a mail message from a friend (Jon Pugh)
who had nicely explained the horror of the standard desktop and the resource
manager.  An excerpt:

	...but when you have a drive this big, the Resource Manager and the
	Desktop file will kill you.  The Desktop file grows to such an
	ungodly size that the Resource Manager chokes, the Finder dies, and
	you crash in a nasty way. The solution is to use the Desktop Manager
	INIT from Appleshare.  It works fine and replaces the Desktop file
	with two other Desktop files, neither of which uses the Resource
	Manager.  It is faster and eliminates the nasty wait when copying
	files while it "updates the Desktop."

My question:  how can I get my hands on this INIT?  I don't know how to
access Appleshare, and I couldn't find it in any of the standard archives.

I know that System 7.0 has the Desktop Manager built in, but I would like to
have this for my 6.0.x systems while I wait with baited breath for System
7.0.

E-mail or post.  Thanks in advance.

Alan

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