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From: hammen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Robert Hammen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: DeskTop Manager?
Message-ID: <1990Feb27.193813.3170@ddsw1.MCS.COM>
Date: 27 Feb 90 19:38:13 GMT
References: <1391@mountn.dec.com> <7979@cs.utexas.edu>
Reply-To: hammen@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Robert Hammen)
Organization: Personal Publishing Magazine
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In article <7979@cs.utexas.edu> knapp@cs.utexas.edu (Edgar Knapp) writes:
>After all this fuss again about DM now being fully compatible
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>it does not allow me to
>unmount most of my partitions on fixed hard disks nor my syquest
>cartridges.

This was a problem with Finder versions older than 6.1.4. The "DM_Fix"
application (stored in the sumex-aim archives) solves that problem.
Finder 6.1.4, which shipped with System 6.0.4, now properly closes the
Desktop DB and Desktop DF files. If the Finder still won't unmount
your Syqest drives or partitions, it's because you've got another open
file on the drive somewhere (an open application or document, or font/da
with Suitcase or MasterJuggler).

>Also, the System, MultiFinder, and almost all document
>files lost their icons and not even temporarily copying the respective
>applications onto the same disk brought them back.

You MUST hold down the option and command keys to "rebuild the desktop"
after you install Desktop Manager (and boot with the INIT) or else you
will have these problems.

I have been using the Desktop Manager for over two years now, on a
variety of machines, with minimal problems. The one problem that I
have NOT seen addressed is the crash that you'll get if you try to
copy a bunch of Adobe printer fonts onto a HD when Desktop Manager
is active. The machine will slow to a crawl, and eventually crash or 
hang. I sure hope Apple fixes this - but then again, maybe they'll
use it as an "incentive" to switch over to Royal fonts (excuse me,
it's now TrueType) :-)

Robert Hammen | Personal Publishing Magazine | hammen@ddsw1.mcs.com
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