Re: [Usability] tools on the desktop

[Matthew Thomas <mpt myrealbox com>]

On 3 Aug, 2005, at 2:01 PM, Karim Nassar wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-07-31 at 15:50 +0100, Alan Horkan wrote:
> > If I recall correctly Mac OS provided a menu Item for Eject (in the 
> > System menu?)

In classic Mac OS, it was in the "Special" menu (though "Put Away" in 
the "File" menu also worked). 
<http://www.macoptions.com/os85/finder.html> In OS X, the same item is 
in the "File" menu.

> In my experience with OS X, there is a menu bar "applet" that you can
> add that behaves just like the screen shots I have seen for 2.12. I 
> will admit that I have only seen it used for CD roms, but I assume it 
> would work for removable media.
> ...

That was probably a third-party utility, not part of OS X. From Mac 
Help:

    Select the item to eject and do one of the following:
    *   Choose File > Eject.
    *   Select the item in the Finder and click the Eject button next
        to its name.
    *   Press the Media Eject key (if your keyboard has one).
    *   Press the F12 key.
    *   Drag the item to the Trash icon in the Dock (it changes to
        the Eject icon).

In OS X, the top right of the menu bar is for showing status (volume, 
connectivity, language, charge, time, date, user), not for things like 
ejecting CDs.

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Matthew Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/