copyright ⌐1993-4, Mark Pilgrim, MerriMac Software Group
QUICK INSTALLATION (system 6):
1. Copy the folder "MSG Fades" into your system folder on your startup volume.
2. Copy the system extension "Shutdown FX 2.0.1 INIT" into your system folder.
3. If you have an older version of Shutdown FX installed, throw it away and restart.
4. If you haven╒t restarted by now, either restart or run the control application "Shutdown FX 2.0.1" to install Shutdown FX.
QUICK INSTALLATION (system 7):
1. Copy the folder "MSG Fades" into your system folder on your startup volume.
2. Do exactly one of the following:
- Copy the startup application "Shutdown FX 2.0.1 startup app" into the "Startup Items" folder in your system folder.
- Copy the system extension "Shutdown FX 2.0.1 INIT" into the "Extensions" folder in your system folder.
3. If you have an older version of Shutdown FX installed, throw it away and restart.
4. If you haven╒t restarted by now, either restart or run the control application "Shutdown FX 2.0.1" to install Shutdown FX.
THE PACKAGE (a detailed explanation):
Shutdown FX is a fun little software package which will let you fade the screen to black with one of over 50 graphic effects whenever you restart and/or shutdown your Macintosh. It is a three-part package.
The first part of it is a control application ("Shutdown FX 2.0.1") which lets you install, disable, and preview fades. It also lets you change options like when Shutdown FX actually fades the screen, how soon in the shutdown queue it executes, and how it picks its graphic effects. If you don╒t like a particular fade, you can disable it, and Shutdown FX will know not to select it when it selects its graphic effect.
The second part is a system extension (or startup application), which will install Shutdown FX whenever you start up your Macintosh.
The third part is the fades themselves, which are in a folder called "MSG Fades". This folder should be put in your system folder, so that Shutdown FX can find the fades when it needs to. Each fade is in a separate file, so if you know you╒ll never use a particular fade, you can just throw away the file. (Please don╒t redistribute the Shutdown FX package without all the fade modules.)
TROUBLESHOOTING (instead of shooting me):
This version of Shutdown FX hopefully fixes many, many bugs that were in the last version (which was a public beta release). OK, I lied; it really only fixes one bug which manifested itself in many different ways: conflicts with Maxima and other system extensions, conflicts with on-the-fly monitor depth switching programs, crashes on monitors with more than 256 colors, and crashes on older machines.
This program works on all the environments in which I╒ve tested it, but I can╒t test every conceivable combination of hardware and software. Several conflicts which users reported with version 2.0º were with commercial programs; I have no way to test these, since I have very few commercial applications myself and do not have the resources to go out and buy specific programs just for testing purposes. (I wish I did, but never mind...)
So, the best of my knowledge, the entire package works, but there may still be some compatibility problems that I haven╒t noticed. If you find a bug, an undocumented ╥feature,╙ or simply something you don╒t like about this version, please let me know.
THE FINAL WORD (or two):
The Shutdown FX control application has an extensive help section that should answer all your questions. If it doesn╒t, ask me directly...
