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- From: mike_steiner@qm.claris.com (Mike Steiner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
- Subject: Re: Macs cost too much (NOT!)
- Message-ID: <14849@claris.com>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 22:25:37 GMT
- References: <yL0aoB27w165w@mantis.co.uk> <1992Jul24.150751.12207@ousrvr.oulu.fi> <1992Jul24.181412.29337@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
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- In article <1992Jul24.181412.29337@nsisrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>, smoon@strfleet.gsfc.nasa.gov (Sang J. Moon) writes:
-
- > > Have you ever tried holding option and command keys down when
- > > rebooting ???? During the startup the Mac asks if you want to
- > > rebuild the desktop. I don't think it takes too long. I just
- > > timed it. Rebuild took excactly 3 minutes 14 seconds. I have a
- > > 422 MB hard disk and I think on a 75 MB HD it must take much
- > > shorter time.
- >
- > We digress from the subject, but I had assumed that an extension called
- > Desktop Reset(tm) which was installed on my IIsi was the source of the
- > desktop rebuilding capability. I have tried the key combination on
- > another mac and found it to be inherent in system 7 - learn something new
- > everyday.
-
- It has been inherent in the Mac since day one. It is not system-7 specific.
-
- > It took me a few minutes to rebuild when I had only 20MB of stuff, but now
- > that I have 75MB of 1800+ files on it, it takes about six minutes to do
- > solely the desktop rebuilding, but I only rebuild the desktop when I
- > have a problem (i.e. icons not working properly, extensions not working
- > properly, virus detected, etc.). As a result the total time spent
- > tracking down a problem, which may include reinstalling the system and/or
- > rebuilding the desktop, would take me at least half a day.
-
- Icons not working is the only legitimate reason of the ones you mentioned
- to do it.
-