If you run into trouble
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• If the power button does not power off the computer,
unplug your computer.
• If you suspect the problem is with other equipment, such
as a printer or an external hard disk that is attached to your
computer, power that equipment off for 10 seconds or
longer, then power it on again and restart the computer.
Rebuild your desktop regularly
A process known as “rebuilding the desktop” helps your computer
keep track of data on your startup disks. (Although you usually use
the hard disk in your computer as a startup disk, you can also start
up from any other disk that has system software installed.)
Rebuilding your desktop can solve a number of problems, such as
when application documents are no longer represented by
application-specific icons (and are instead represented by generic
icons on the desktop), or when a document will not open when you
double-click it.
Some extensions may interfere with rebuilding your desktop. To
prevent problems, you will need to turn off all extensions except
Mac OS Easy Open before you rebuild your desktop. When you
finish rebuilding the desktop, turn the extensions you normally use
back on.
To rebuild the desktop of a startup disk, follow these steps:
1. Open the Extensions Manager control panel by choosing
Extensions Manager from the Control Panels submenu of the
Apple (
A
) menu.
2. Note the name shown in the Selected Set pop-up menu. This is
the name of your current set. You may change this name by
choosing Rename Set from the File menu.
This new set is initially created with all extensions turned on. Your
current set of extensions and controls panels is automatically saved
when you select a new set or another set.
