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Avoid the spinning 'wait' cursor after location switch
What about disconnecting from (i.e. unmounting or "ejecting") any connected network drives (shares) before leaving work? Because I don't think you'll get the spinning cursor unless you have some remote filesystems mounted that become inaccessible.
Avoid the spinning 'wait' cursor after location switch
That used to be one of the absolute stupidest things about Mac OS X, but Apple seems to have fixed it. On my 10.4.8 Powerbook, if I forget to disconnect my home server before closing the lid, the next time I wake it, the Finder will put up a little alert palette saying it can't connect and it has a little Disconnect button that causes no harm if you click it. If you leave the alert up, you can keep using the machine, although you can't do anything in the Finder until you connect the volume or click the Disconnect button. It's [i]much[/i] improved over the debilitating spinwheel we used to get.
Avoid the spinning 'wait' cursor after location switch
But do not try to eject that volume during these first few seconds before the disconnect message pops up. You seriously confuse the system.
Avoid the spinning 'wait' cursor after location switch
What about disconnecting from (i.e. unmounting or "ejecting") any connected network drives (shares) before leaving work? Because I don't think you'll get the spinning cursor unless you have some remote filesystems mounted that become inaccessible.Disconnecting your network shares does not really touch automount, though. If your office has networked Library and Applications folders, then automount will still want to look for them, and that can end up beachballing. Switching to the NULL location should tell automount that those resources are going away. --- |
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