Re: Mac interface gotchas (was: Finding errors in manuals)

["Kevin Amery" <kevindamery -at- gmail -dot- com>]

One time I put a CD that looked ok from the top but was completely
cracked on the bottom in a G4. I ended up having to pry the drive open
while the machine was off to get it out, because (in Apple's infinite
wisdom) you couldn't eject the drive until it actually showed up in
the Finder, and that wouldn't happen until it had successfully read
the disk. This was around OS 9.1 or thereabouts.

On a PC, of course, you'd just hit the Eject button on the front while
the POST was running, but Mac's are more elegant than that. Apparently
eject buttons spoil the styling.


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