dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen) (06/08/88)
In my previous posting about using the Desktop Manager, I forgot to say that there are two slight problems: a) Make sure you hold down CMD OPTION on the disk to rebuild the Desktop DB and Desktop DF files, so that all of your ICONs are around and files launch properly in the Finder. b) The only real Gotcha with using the Desktop Manager is that the Finder will not properly close the two Desktop files, thus NOT allowing you to unmount a disk that contains these files. If you have a single hard disk Mac system, this is not a problem, as you will never be unmounting the startup disk. But if any other hard disk comes along, the Desktop Manager will create the two Desktop files and once they are there and open these files stay open until you do a shutdown. This can be a minor inconvience, but doesn't seem to hurt anything. I do not recommend the causual man in the street using the Desktop Manager, but for the knowledgeable power user, it can really increase performance. Without it, updating the Desktop file on an 80MB hard disk with 3000 files can take much longer than the actual file copy. With it, the Desktop gets updated in an instant. Dan Allen Apple Computer
mday@cgl.ucsf.edu (Mark Day) (06/09/88)
In article <11796@Apple.Apple.COM> dan@Apple.COM.UUCP (Dan Allen) writes: >I do not recommend the causual man in the street using the Desktop >Manager, but for the knowledgeable power user, it can really increase >performance. Without it, updating the Desktop file on an 80MB hard disk >with 3000 files can take much longer than the actual file copy. With >it, the Desktop gets updated in an instant. > What is the recommendation for owner's of large (> 100 meg) disks? How likely is it that the limit on the number of resources in the Desktop file will cause my 140 Meg hard disk to crash? Finally, how many files can I safely have on a hard disk before it is time to worry? Yes, I do have all of my data backed up, but a reformat and full restore is just below watching a Laverne and Shirley marathon on my list of favorite ways to spend my time. ---------- Mark Day UUCP: ..ucbvax!ucsfcgl!mday ARPA: mday@cgl.ucsf.edu BITNET: mday@ucsfcgl.BITNET
dan@Apple.COM (Dan Allen) (06/10/88)
I use the Desktop Manager on an 80MB drive. It improves my life. I don't know if the problem with mounting (and not being about to unmount) other hard disks is a problem for people. I have heard that the Resource Manager has a problem with more than 2100 (approximately) resources in a file. Do you have more than 2100 different BNDLs with their own ICONs? I know that large collections of public domain software have problems being mastered on CD-ROM because of this, so something is going to have to be done officially at some time, but as to who and when and where and how, I do not have a clue. Actually, now that I think about it, if the limit is 2100 some-odd resources, then that's actually only about 900 some-odd apps... I am certainly not the authority on the Desktop Manager. I am just a mere (and very casual) user. I therefore guarantee nothing. Have a nice day. Dan Allen Apple Computer
ephraim@think.COM (ephraim vishniac) (06/12/88)
In article <11915@apple.Apple.COM> dan@apple.apple.com.UUCP (Dan Allen) writes: >Actually, now that I think about it, if the limit is 2100 some-odd >resources, then that's actually only about 900 some-odd apps... The limit is 2727 resources. But, a minimal bundle has *four* resources, not two: the BNDL, FREF, ICN#, and signature resources. Add one FREF and one ICN# for each document type, so many applications have six resources in their bundle and a few have more. Ephraim Vishniac ephraim@think.com Thinking Machines Corporation / 245 First Street / Cambridge, MA 02142-1214 On two occasions I have been asked, "Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?"