Re: Alt-Eject CD/DVD

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Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> wrote:
> On 10/19/15 2:09 a, Jolly Roger wrote:
>> 
>> On my aluminum keyboard on this Mac Pro, the
>> eject button opens and closes the DVD drive. Alt is not required.
> 
> The eject key alone (assuming the keyboard has one) has always been the 
> default behavior. OPTION-eject was used on old Mac Pros (or equivalent 
> name) when the machine had _2_ CD/DVD drives (remember the silver-door 
> G5s?). OPTION-eject controlled the second drive.

That makes sense. I have a Mac Pro tower, but never bothered to install a
second DVD drive.

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Alt-Eject CD/DVD JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-19 01:55 -0400
  Re: Alt-Eject CD/DVD Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-19 06:09 +0000
    Re: Alt-Eject CD/DVD JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2015-10-19 03:08 -0400
      Re: Alt-Eject CD/DVD Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-19 16:37 +0000
        Re: Alt-Eject CD/DVD Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-19 12:48 -0400
          Re: Alt-Eject CD/DVD Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-10-19 21:00 +0000
            Re: Alt-Eject CD/DVD Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-19 17:05 -0400
    Re: Alt-Eject CD/DVD Fred Moore <fmoore@gcfn.org> - 2015-10-21 12:57 -0400
      Re: Alt-Eject CD/DVD Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-21 17:00 +0000

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