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Save a bit of time when using target disk mode
Authored by: Arno on Aug 02, '05 11:22:36AM

Mmmm, you don't have to do a hard reboot in orrder to restart your iBook, just press the power button for a short time and it will shut down nicely...



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Save a bit of time when using target disk mode
Authored by: qwerty denzel on Aug 03, '05 01:07:05AM

I think Command-Control-Power is restart, or is that counted as a hard reboot?



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Save a bit of time when using target disk mode
Authored by: motarasu on Aug 08, '05 05:59:03PM

On laptops, that's a force restart (same behavior as on the older ADB/beige Macs). Desktops/laptops-with-external-Apple-keyboards have a similar option by doing Ctrl+Cmd+Eject key, though it is a soft restart (have to use the reset button, if available, for a hard restart); other external keyboard options are Ctrl-Opt+Cmd+Eject for a soft shutdown and Opt+Cmd+Eject for sleep.



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Save a bit of time when using target disk mode
Authored by: bomberboy on Aug 03, '05 11:16:55AM

Actually, pressing the power button for 4 seconds is the virtual equivalent of pulling the power cable...

The next time the system starts, fans will come in at full speed and the HD(s) will be fscked = slow boot time.

Not sure if it applies also to Target Mode, but I just had to mention it in case anybody thinks it is safe in normal mode :D



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Save a bit of time when using target disk mode
Authored by: mm2270 on Aug 03, '05 11:43:18AM

This doesn't apply to target disk mode, at least not in all the times I've used it on desktop Macs. In fact, there is no need to hold down the power button for 4 or 5 seconds at all, as you would when doing a hard shut down on a locked up Mac. Just a quick press of the power button of a Mac started up in TDM shuts it down, just as it would for any external FW hard drive. (after you've dismounted itfrom the desktop of the connected Mac of course!)



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Save a bit of time when using target disk mode
Authored by: bomberboy on Aug 03, '05 11:49:07AM

Cool, thanks for the info :)



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Save a bit of time when using target disk mode
Authored by: motarasu on Aug 08, '05 06:01:20PM

Actually, simply pressing the power button will shutdown the machine. You don't need to hold it down.



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Save a bit of time when using target disk mode
Authored by: jiclark on Sep 14, '05 01:46:43PM

From my experience, just yesterday, with the exact set of circumstances as mentioned in the hint, the single press of the power button no longer works if you've left the machine in TDM and moved the FW cable around to use it on another regularly booted machine. You have to press *and hold* the power button to get it to shutdown. I don't think it causes issues though, since nothing on the disk was loaded into RAM; it was really performing exactly like an external FW drive, and you'd never give a second thought to powering down one of those with its switch.

So to clarify: if you use TDM as recommended (hook up FW cable to two machines [one can stay booted], then start up the other machine with T held down), you can indeed shut down the TDM machine by just a single press of the power button if you've ejected it from the other machine's desktop first. But, if you do as described in the this hint (as above, but then disconnect the FW cable and hook it up to a different machine to do more transfers to/from the TDM machine, repeat, etc...) you will have to press and hold the power button for at least 4 seconds to get the TDM machine to shut down when you're done.

Hope that clears this up!



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