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System777
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on: February 20, 2010, 15:50
Thankfully I just learned how to organize aliases in the Apple Menu, which is extremely helpful when you have alot of apps. I'm also wondering if it's possible to add the 'Shut Down' or 'Restart' functions to the Apple Menu? Thanks for any help! David |
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wove
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1024 MB Posts: 1363
Reply #1 on: February 20, 2010, 17:48
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Shut Down and Restart are available from the "Special" menu in the Finder, which makes them pretty convenient. Pressing the power button on the keyboard, will bring up a dialog box, which provides options to shutdown and restart. I seem to recall that a shut down application was included with some version of the OS, or was included as part of the software for some machine (laptops?). Also of course one could create a simple AppleScript and put it in the Apple Menu. There might even be such an Apple Script included as part of the Speech recognition package. (You do not need to use Speech Recognition to use the scripts included with the package.) bill
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System777
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32 MB Posts: 45
Reply #2 on: February 22, 2010, 21:54
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Thanks for the info Bill. Anybody where I could find a simple shut down/restart script to add to the Apple Menu? This would really help. David
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wove
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1024 MB Posts: 1363
Reply #3 on: February 23, 2010, 19:49
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Since shutdown is a menu item in the finder, the complete AppleScript for shutting down your computer is: tell application "Finder" to shut down Similarly "tell application "Finder" to sleep" is the AppleScript for having the computer go to sleep. To have some fun you could: tell application "Finder" to say "I am going to shut down now." tell application "Finder" to shut down The above 2 line script when invoked will have the computer say "I am going to shut down now" using the default voice and then turn off. You can enter this into the AppleScript editor and simply do a save as Application and place the item in your Apple Menu Items folder inside the System Folder. bill
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Lichen Software
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128 MB Posts: 252 
Reply #4 on: February 23, 2010, 20:11
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One more thing: Friends don't put the Shut Down script in friends Start Up folder :-)
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System777
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32 MB Posts: 45
Reply #5 on: February 24, 2010, 00:57
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Thanks for the responses guys, but I decided to do a Google search for 'shutdown script' and actually found two. One that brings up a ShutDown/Cancel dialog box and the other adds a Restart option, which works perfectly under the Apple Menu. David
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ovalking
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128 MB Posts: 199
Reply #6 on: February 24, 2010, 16:55
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There is indeed a tiny shutdown utility in 7.5.3 (or maybe 7.5.5) which is installed in the Apple Menu. Personally I always delete it and prefer the shorter Special Menu. I've got plenty of utilites in my apple menu but don't put applications in there - it prevents drag and drop opening. The good thing is that the Apple menu can be customised to suit individuals' way of working. Another reason I hate OS X....
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dpaanlka
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1024 MB Posts: 1646
Reply #7 on: February 24, 2010, 17:32
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I always deleted the Shutdown script from the Apple menu too. Seems pointless.
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System777
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32 MB Posts: 45
Reply #8 on: February 25, 2010, 16:25
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FYI - The Apple Menu can actually be restored to OS X with a few different helper apps out there. One that looks promising is called 'Classic Menu' by Sig Software. David
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Bolkonskij
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Administrator 1024 MB  Posts: 2023
Reply #9 on: October 16, 2022, 08:10
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Resurrecting an old thread, but I learnt a little trick. I'm using the Apple Menu as my low footprint "app launcher" of choice and I heavily customize it according to my needs. I've written a small S7T tutorial on how to personalize your Apple menu some time ago. As seen in the screenshot on that page, it uses spaces and the hierachy within ASCII to create the list as I'd like it. Yesterday I ran into a way to order my Apple Menu without use of any spaces, arrows or whatever. Simply by adding a tab character in front of the alias name. Easily being done by opening e.g. SimpleText, typing a tab, choose all (command + a) and copying it. Then choose the alias in the Apple Menu and paste it in front of the file name. Technically the tab char will be there, but it's not showing. You can use many tab chars to push items up and down, but they will never show and indentation. Thought I'd share that with you, in case someone didn't know :-)
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MTT
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256 MB Posts: 394 SSW7 Oldtimer
Reply #10 on: October 23, 2022, 01:12
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Quote from: System777, who mentioned: " The Apple Menu can actually be restored to OS X with a few different helper apps out there. One that looks promising is called 'Classic Menu' by Sig Software." I 'wrote' one called "Classic Menus" a while back. I don't know about Sig Software's version, but it kind of sounds like the same thing. Anyway, I gave mine a groovy icon and uploaded it to the Mac Garden here: Classic Menus. It's most useful in OS Xs prior to 10.3/10.4 (which get their own classic menu built in to the OS).
Last Edit: October 23, 2022, 02:46 by MTT
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Neal_SE30
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256 MB Posts: 401 System 7 Newcomer!
Reply #11 on: October 23, 2022, 13:03
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you lot are so clever! well done MTT
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