Michael writes, <Yeah...I always choose to shut down from the Special Menu, (OS8.6) and I always clean up & close all applications before I shut down.>
Wow, really? When I shut down for the night (yes, always from the Special Menu), the only "cleaning up" I do is to close open windows on screen (documents, especially if they're word processing ones I need to save, Netscape pages, open folders, whichever is applicable). I don't quit out of the open apps individually -- because my Mac does that for me when I choose "Shut Down" from the Special menu. On its own, it quits the apps and then it shuts down. I inadvertently learned my 7200/120 (had OS 8.1 on it) did this -- quit applications automatically at shutdown -- several years ago, and the G3/233 I have now does the same thing, regardless of whether I was using one of my transplanted 8.1 HDs as the startup disk, or the one with OS 9.1. I've never noticed, upon starting up the next day, a "full" Trash can with these Rescued Items. The only time I notice this Rescued Items phenomenon is when, as Bruce Johnson mentioned, my Mac is shut down "unexpectedly." Namely, if I get a freeze and the "nerve pinch" doesn't restart it properly. I've never used a 9600 or OS 8.6, but have you ever tried just going to "shut down" in the Special menu without doing your extensive cleanup? Does it quit your open apps for you, and then when you reboot do you still get that Rescued Items business in your Trash? So now you have me curious too. ;-) So curious I'm going to post a similar question to the Powerbook list (I also have a PB 190) about a different shutdown phenomenon pertinent to that machine. ~Yersinia. -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
