[andymcdeee]

Does anyone know how to turn a new powermac (DP) off (ie. shutdown) using buttons?

For example, when it crashes, you sometimes just want to turn it off and walk away, to worry about it another day - but when you restart it and push the power button it goes to sleep - halfway through restarting - and then of course it's completely shagged. Forgive me if I find this just a little irritating.

andrew

[JohnM15141]

One way from to turn it off from the Keyboard is to press Command, Control, Eject.

Some have said this only works without a CD in the DVD drive but this has worked on my Cube with and without a CD in it.

I don't believe it will work in a "Crash" situation. I haven't tested that yet since my Cube hasn't crashed yet...

[This message has been edited by JohnM15141 (edited 10-16-2000).]

[error404ts]

Why don't you try hitting the reset button on the front?

[Misha]

Originally posted by error404ts:
Why don't you try hitting the reset button on the front?

Well he said he just wants to shut it down... and I can't blame him seeing as when my Macs crash all I feel like doing is shutting them down and leaving.

Having said that, press and hold down the power button on the front of the unit for a few seconds... that should do the trick.

[tonymac]

Yank the cord out of the wall.

[edit: added smiley]

[This message has been edited by tonymac (edited 10-17-2000).]

[iPad]

Originally posted by tonymac:
Yank the cord out of the wall.

Saying that..be sure you own a surge protector.



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[g4-guy]

Greetings all,

On my Sawtooth G4, it will cut the power if you hold down the power button (on the front of the case) for 5 seconds or so. My guess is that it should work on your DP G4 as well.

Regards,
g4-guy

One way from to turn it off from the Keyboard is to press Command, Control, Eject.

On my G4 MP you need only hold down Control and hit Eject; there's no need to hold down the Command key too. This works with or without media in the DVD drive.

[andymcdeee]

cheers for all that - will give things a try (however, will try to avoid yanking it out of the wall - done that a few too many times already)

cheers
andrew

What I did was write the following script and then attach it to a function key via the keyboard control panel.

tell application "Finder"
shut down
end tell

[Cipher13]

Better yet:
Just whipped it up then. Hm... I'll refine it. Wanna make it so 'r' restarts, etc...
Well, it'll do for the moment.

set dlog to display dialog "Are you sure you want to shut down your comptuer now?" buttons {"Restart", "Cancel", "Shutdown"} default button 3 with icon note
if button returned of dlog is {"Cancel"} then
quit
end if
if button returned of dlog is {"Restart"} then
tell application "Finder"
restart
end tell
end if
if button returned of dlog is {"Shutdown"} then
tell application "Finder"
shutdown
end tell
end if

Cipher13

[GreenMnM]

Close, but with the brackets around the button names, the Finder won't really restart and "shut down" is two words. There is also no need to put the "Cancel" part of the if statement in, if you choose "Cancel" nothing will happen since there is no "if - then". It should also all be in one if - then statment. You should be able to copy and paste this into the Script Editor. Remember to save it as a classic applet and to "never show start up screen".

set dlog to display dialog "Are you sure you want to shut down your comptuer now?" buttons {"Restart", "Cancel", "Shutdown"} default button 3 with icon note
if button returned of dlog is "Restart" then
tell application "Finder"
activate
restart
end tell
else if button returned of dlog is "Shutdown" then
tell application "Finder"
activate
shut down
end tell
end if

--Doug