Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!ihnp4!ptsfa!lll-lcc!pyramid!voder!apple!dgold From: dgold@apple.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: New Shutdown Message-ID: <505@apple.UUCP> Date: Wed, 4-Mar-87 12:11:10 EST Article-I.D.: apple.505 Posted: Wed Mar 4 12:11:10 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 6-Mar-87 07:09:49 EST References: <1337@husc6.UUCP> Reply-To: dgold@apple.UUCP (David Goldsmith) Distribution: na Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, USA Lines: 36 In article <1337@husc6.UUCP> fry@huma1.UUCP (David Fry) writes: >What's the difference between "Restart" and "Shutdown" in the >new Finder 5.4? When I select Shutdown on my MacPlus with >WhisperDrive SCSI drive, I get crashed back to Macsbug... This is probably because you did not install the new system software properly. The "Shutdown" feature requires System 4.0 or later to operate correctly; on previous systems, only the single menu entry "Shutdown" should appear, which acts the way it used to. With System 4.0, there are two menu entries: Restart and ShutDown. Restart acts like the old ShutDown command. ShutDown does everything the Restart command does, except that instead of restarting the machine it blacks the screen and puts up an alert saying "You may now power off the computer safely." (with a Restart button in case you really meant restart). This is so you don't have to race with the Mac to turn it off before it starts to reboot. On the Macintosh II and Macintosh XL, Restart restarts the machine and ShutDown turns the power off. If you're crashing when you select restart it's probably because you only partially installed the system software and not all of the resources the ShutDown command needs are present. Use the Installer or replace your System File with System 4.0 or later. -- David Goldsmith Apple Computer, Inc. MacApp Group AppleLink: GOLDSMITH1 UUCP: {nsc,dual,sun,voder,ucbvax!mtxinu}!apple!dgold CSNET: dgold@apple.CSNET, dgold%apple@CSNET-RELAY BIX: dgoldsmith