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What does "apple key" + "Power key" do?
« on: June 21, 2006, 09:53:33 PM »
What is supposed to happen when the apple/cloverleaf key and the power button are pressed at the same time?
I get a weird command window. But I don't know what it is, or what it does.

(I did have a previous post on this, but never did get a responce)

Or at least, what is the name of the power button or the apple key?

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Re: What does "apple key" + "Power key" do?
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2006, 09:59:34 PM »
OK, so later after posting, I search and find out that the Apple/Cloverleaf key is called the command key (weird, I thought that there was a different key for that)
Supposedly, pressing CMD+Power brings up a debugger.
I searched Google for Mac Debugger, but didn't find much, except info about the developers of Mac who doomed people that had them forever.

And one know about the debugger?

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Re: What does "apple key" + "Power key" do?
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2006, 11:11:44 PM »
The built in debugger for Mac OS classic is so imensly simple that you already have to know the memory adresses and ALL the commands to use it. At Apples suppoert donwload site http://douwnloads.info.apple.com you can download MacsBug which is a more 'user frendly' debugger that the common person would use to fix comeputer frezzes. Such as you program froz and you have important work in the background you can hit CMD+Power to bring it up then put in the command for force quit. This allows you to fix simple probelms without an advanced knolage of Mac OS progemaing. (I would assume that the Mac OS X debugger would work the same way) I hope this helps.

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Re: What does "apple key" + "Power key" do?
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2006, 02:16:06 PM »
Well, I tried the link you gave me. It didn't work. I found another link:
ftp://ftp.apple.com/developer/Tool_Chest/Testing_-_Debugging/Debuggers_-_dcmds/MacsBug_6.6.3.sit.hqx
It has the newer version, and I will give that a try. The problem I kept running into was getting out of the debugger.

CMD+POWER is supposed to move an item to the recycle bin, but it opens the debugger first.

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Re: What does "apple key" + "Power key" do?
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2006, 08:40:39 PM »
OK:
Update
I did find the degubber update. It does make it easier, but not by much.

Is there a way to get out of a basic freeze without loosing any information?
(You should see what this debugger looks like. More like a virus of the demented background)

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Re: What does "apple key" + "Power key" do?
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2006, 07:14:51 PM »
OH YES! Indeed my link faild becasue I speeling it wrong. http://downloads.info.apple.com Thats the right spelling. Oh and i think the command for forcequit is... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. fr. g is to return to the GUI of Mac and help shoud give you a list of help topics.

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Re: What does "apple key" + "Power key" do?
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2006, 07:59:20 PM »
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OH YES! Indeed my link faild becasue I speeling it wrong. http://downloads.info.apple.com Thats the right spelling. Oh and i think the command for forcequit is... .... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... .. ... .. .. ... .. .. fr. g is to return to the GUI of Mac and help shoud give you a list of help topics.
Link is still not working.... I already got the debugger installed, so I dont think I really need it right now.

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