[G4] Note on ATA buses in MDD Dual G4 and perhaps other Macs.

B G briang113 at pacbell.net
Sun Nov 13 11:12:18 PST 2005


Neat little tip,

But the is question how do you make it go away?

Brian


On Nov 13, 2005, at 9:29 AM, Tony Gamble wrote:

> Go this from MacWorld:
>
> "Adding an Eject Icon
>
> The prescribed way to eject a CD or DVD is to press the eject (or  
> F12) key on your keyboard. That's not much help if you have a non- 
> Apple keyboard, if you have more than one drive capable of  
> ejecting, or if, in a fit of troubleshooting, you find yourself  
> without a keyboard altogether. Fortunately, there's a secret way to  
> do the same thing: install the Eject menulet.
>
> To find the installer, go to the root of your hard drive and open  
> System: Library: CoreServices: Menu Extras. Inside that window,  
> double-click on the icon called Eject.menu.
>
> Now look at your menu bar, and you'll find the new Eject icon. Use  
> it as a menu and choose the drive you'd like to eject."
>
> Try that. :)
>
>
>
> Tony
>
>
> On 13-Nov-05, at 12:13 PM, Wayne Clodfelter wrote:
>
>> What did/do you use to put the button in the header (menu?) bar? I  
>> see nothing intrinsic to OS X for placing an eject button in the  
>> menu bar; though there are several small apps that do this.
>>
>> On Nov 13, 2005, at 9:26 AM, Dan A Currie wrote:
>>
>>> I just use the button on the header bar to choose which DVD or CD  
>>> device to open and I can toggle between them.  It should be just  
>>> to the left of your volume control and is shaped like a triangle  
>>> with a line under it.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Wayne Clodfelter
>> wayne at troutnc.com
>>
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