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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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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operating system, with cooperative multitasking based on an improved MultiFinder. The boxed version cost US$49 (equivalent to about $130 in 2023), and...
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Xerox's technology for Finder, it was now very different. While criticizing the lack of a right mouse button and MultiFinder's clumsiness, he concluded...
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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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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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which had first been examined in 1986's Switcher and then replaced with MultiFinder in System 5. In March 1988,: XXIII–XXIV shortly before the release of...
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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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Plus Keychain Labels Macintosh File System Macintosh Toolbox Managers MultiFinder Multiprocessing Services Option key (⌥) OSType PICT QuickDraw QuickTime...
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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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Plus Keychain Labels Macintosh File System Macintosh Toolbox Managers MultiFinder Multiprocessing Services Option key (⌥) OSType PICT QuickDraw QuickTime...
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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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MacWrite were bundled with the Mac Plus. After August 1987, HyperCard and MultiFinder were also bundled. Third-party software applications available included...
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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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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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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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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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The ClueFinders is an educational software series aimed at children aged 8–12 that features a group of mystery-solving teenagers. The series was created...
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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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process and a read-only "high" segment for sharable code. Apple Computer's MultiFinder of 1987 is a more modern use of this technique. Programs shipped with...
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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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Plus Keychain Labels Macintosh File System Macintosh Toolbox Managers MultiFinder Multiprocessing Services Option key (⌥) OSType PICT QuickDraw QuickTime...
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Apple's MultiFinder, released in 1987 for the Macintosh platform. Each program was allocated an amount of memory that was pre-selected in the Finder and translation...
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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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(contiguous) space for all possible files they will need—for example, MultiFinder pre-allocates a chunk of RAM to each application as it was started according...
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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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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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alternative menu items and buttons when pressed down. Examples: Safari, Finder – the Option key causes the "Close Window" menu item to switch to "Close...
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