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    Clean Shutdown Script

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by SP Forsythe, Aug 13, 2011.

  1. SP Forsythe

    SP Forsythe Notebook Evangelist

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    Tired of a 4 click shutdown to keep Lion from re-opening windows?
    Power-Space-Enter is not much better (for new MBA users anyway).
    And then there is Control,Option,Command,Eject for older machines with an eject key.

    I tried to create an Automator App, and an applescript to perform a "clean shutdown" with a single mouse click, but could only get 90% success.

    Then a Google search turned up this gem. I looked at the Applescript and saw where I went wrong. I pass it on in the hope that someone else will find it as useful as I have. I just copied the App into my applications folder, and then placed it on the dock by the usual means.

    A single click shuts down the Lion Mac, and unchecks the backwards option box.

    CleanShutDown2.0

    This will work until the pinheads that stuck us with a backwards default fix the problem.

    p.s. Victor has some other pretty cool scripts.
     
    SP Forsythe, Aug 13, 2011
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  2. Bill Nye

    Bill Nye Know Nothing

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    One of Apple's dumber ideas. Maybe I'm old fashioned, but this shutdown just reminds me of sleep.
     
    Bill Nye, Aug 13, 2011
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    preview Notebook Evangelist

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    Why are you shutting down your laptop instead of simply sleeping it?
     
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    Boot camp.
     
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    Ah, makes sense.

    If enough people report this to bugreport.apple.com, it'll hopefully get fixed.
     
    preview, Aug 13, 2011
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