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Article #17149Freezing Mice
From: Michael Lonetto
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1987 23:07
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1987 23:07
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In article <1192@apple.UUCP> lsr@apple.UUCP (Larry Rosenstein) writes: >If you have the new Easy Access feature installed, you can drive the mouse >with the numeric keypad, even though the mouse might be stuck. >Consequently, you can get back to the Finder and restart your machine to >cure the problem. >Larry Rosenstein >Apple Computer I've had the same problem (usually with MacDraft) but use the trick someone mentioned on the net some time ago: Make sure that any problem application has clover-Q for quit, and give shutdown and/or restart command key equivalents (with ResEdit). This lets you save your changes and reset the machine without screwing up your desktop (as does the easy access trick above). I never use easy access so I tend to forget how it works. -- Michael Lonetto UUCP:(allegra!phri!lonetto) USMAIL: Public Health Research Institute, 455 1st Ave, NY, NY 10016
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!cmcl2!phri!lonetto From: lonetto@phri.UUCP (Michael Lonetto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Freezing Mice Message-ID: <2771@phri.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Jul-87 19:07:22 EDT Article-I.D.: phri.2771 Posted: Thu Jul 2 19:07:22 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 4-Jul-87 10:11:17 EDT References: <1192@apple.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Public Health Research Institute, NYC, NY Lines: 21 Keywords: Simple