MultiFinder is an extension for the Apple Macintosh's classic Mac OS, introduced on August 11, 1987 and included with System Software 5. It adds cooperative...
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application. In System 2.1, the Finder was changed to use the Hierarchical File System (HFS) by default. In System 5, MultiFinder was introduced. It allows...
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1988). "All systems go (System Tools 5.0 with MultiFinder)". MacUser. p. 126. "Apple Talks About Multifinder". Known Users. September 1, 1987. Retrieved...
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as Multi-Mac or Switcher (discussed under MultiFinder) could work around this. Visible changes are best reflected in the version number of the Finder, where...
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Accessories such as a Calculator, the Scrapbook and Alarm Clock. If MultiFinder (an early implementation of computer multitasking) was active, the Apple...
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environment in much the way the Macintosh II opened up Mac hardware". It and MultiFinder, also announced at Macworld, would be bundled with new Macs, and $49...
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which had first been examined in 1986's Switcher and then replaced with MultiFinder in System 5. In March 1988, shortly before the release of System 6, a...
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Plus Keychain Labels Macintosh File System Macintosh Toolbox Managers MultiFinder Multiprocessing Services Option key (⌥) OSType PICT QuickDraw QuickTime...
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managers tested. The magazine's Jerry Pournelle in 1989 noted that "while MultiFinder doesn't work very well yet, DESQView on a big 80386 machine certainly...
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128-bit file encryption in the Finder. Support for files larger than 2 GB. Unix volume support. CD Burning in the Finder (introduced in Mac OS 9.1). Addition...
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lineup, including the Platinum interface and a native PowerPC multithreaded Finder. Mac OS 8.1 introduces a new, more efficient file system named HFS Plus...
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Wiggins, "All systems go. (Software Review) (System Tools 5.0 with MultiFinder.)", MacUser (1 March 1988) Franklin N. Tessler, "Mac OS 8 arrives," Macworld...
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Emoji. There is a life-size picture of a dogcow conveniently located in the Finder. Look under "Page Setup..." Now look under "Options." Walla [sic], there...
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interface in the same form as any other operating system control panel. MultiFinder and System 7 and later supported faceless background applications similar...
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After Dark Disinfectant – Antivirus DragThing Extensis Suitcase Fastback MultiFinder PC Exchange Compact Pro DiskDoubler PackIt Stuffit Cyberdog Internet...
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Preemption (computing) (redirect from Pre-emptive multi-tasking)
multitasking at all, with cooperative multitasking becoming available via MultiFinder in System Software 5 and then standard in System 7. Although there were...
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as Microsoft Windows. The features of the operating system included the Finder and menu bar. In addition to this, it popularized the graphical user interface...
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until the early 1990s. MacIdris ran as an application under the Finder or MultiFinder. After Whitesmiths had been merged with Intermetrics, Idris – along...
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children to help them to work without supervision. At Ease replaces the Finder desktop, providing a simple tabbed panel-oriented graphical user interface...
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was dissolved into IBM in 1998. In 1988, after launching System 6 and MultiFinder, Apple initiated the exploratory project named Pink to design the next...
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A stud finder (also stud detector or stud sensor) is a handheld device used to locate wood or metal framing studs behind walls. In the United States, walls...
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GUI principles, including a menu bar across the top of the screen; the Finder shell, featuring a desktop metaphor that represents files and applications...
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Plus Keychain Labels Macintosh File System Macintosh Toolbox Managers MultiFinder Multiprocessing Services Option key (⌥) OSType PICT QuickDraw QuickTime...
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Plus Keychain Labels Macintosh File System Macintosh Toolbox Managers MultiFinder Multiprocessing Services Option key (⌥) OSType PICT QuickDraw QuickTime...
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separated into individual small application-like processes accessible from the Finder, and by a sub-menu in the Apple menu provided by Apple Menu Options. Mac...
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Plus Keychain Labels Macintosh File System Macintosh Toolbox Managers MultiFinder Multiprocessing Services Option key (⌥) OSType PICT QuickDraw QuickTime...
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employed by MultiFinder on the Apple Macintosh, this transformed a single-application-at-a-time system into one that could operate a full multi-tasking desktop...
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application icon itself, allowing users to identify an unknown application in the Finder without launching it. Developers were encouraged to not just name an object...
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be extremely difficult to analyze and correct. Switcher evolved into MultiFinder in System 4.2, which became the Process Manager in System 7, and by then...
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