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Posted by: returningmacuser on 2008-04-03 04:36:10
This happened last time when I last had OS 9 on this machine. Now, with what is probably my third semi-permanent installation of OS 9 on my computer, a Power Mac G4/500 Mhz with 320 MB ram and a 40 GB HD, the control strip has mysteriously moved to the middle of the left side of the screen, and it's driving me NUTS! I want it to be on the bottom left of the screen where it belongs! Changing the resolution doesn't work either. Someone please help me sort this out... > 🙁
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Posted by: Danamania on 2008-04-03 04:41:17
This happened last time when I last had OS 9 on this machine. Now, with what is probably my third semi-permanent installation of OS 9 on my computer, a Power Mac G4/500 Mhz with 320 MB ram and a 40 GB HD, the control strip has mysteriously moved to the middle of the left side of the screen, and it's driving me NUTS! I want it to be on the bottom left of the screen where it belongs! Changing the resolution doesn't work either. Someone please help me sort this out... > 🙁 hold either option or command and drag the little triangular-ish tab on the end of the control strip up/down or left/right to change its position.
Dana
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Posted by: Anonymous Freak on 2008-04-03 13:45:25
Wow, never knew that, Dana. I've always been turning Control Strip off, trashing Control Strip Preferences, then rebooting. Nice to know there's an easier way!
I had only known about non-option dragging to just change its left/right size.
Just to clarify, I just tried it, and it is Option, not Command. But it's very nice, you can even make it 'dock' to the right side of the screen instead of the left.
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Posted by: MacMan on 2008-04-03 15:23:48
It took me two years of struggling with the control strip to discover how to do this. I think it is listed somewhere amongst the Mac OS Help section, but I can't remember. Changing the screen resolution often has the effect of putting the Control Strip part way up the edge of the screen.
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Posted by: Anonymous Freak on 2008-04-03 15:35:42
Yeah, I had the most problems when switching from 640x480/256 to 640x400/Thousands mode on PowerBook 5300c's. Every time I went from x400 to x480, the Control Strip would bump 80 pixels up. If I changed a few times, I might end up with the Control Strip at the top of the screen!
(This was back when the 5300c was fairly new, and I liked to watch movie trailers in Thousands color mode, which required the lower resolution.)
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Posted by: Scott Baret on 2008-04-03 20:26:20
I'll have to try this myself, my control strip on my iBook G3 (OS 9.1) has been in the wrong place now since 2003!
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Posted by: Temetka on 2008-04-03 21:34:54
One fine day I found myself at a good friends abode.
Wherein we retired inside for some good toke.
Upon showing me the Control Strip
I sat eyes wide and mind afar
I had never seen this in Windows
I looked near and far
That was the day I switched
I went home and tossed the scrag
To make room for an 8500
Upon booting, to my dismay
The control strip was gone
This is gay
Off to my cell I grabbed
Called up my friend and said
'Sup wit dat
Newly formed words of calming and peace
He walked me though the control panels
The strip was there
While on the phone
My friend said unto me
option-click it's head
You can move it like a cat on a rope
I gave it a try said
Man that's dope
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I hope you like my inner poet
He doesn't get out much
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Posted by: Bolle on 2008-04-03 22:58:54
you can even drag the control strip to the right side of the screen!
heh... and i did discover the option key thingy when i was like 7 years old 😛
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Posted by: equill on 2008-04-03 23:49:01
... and i did discover the option key thingy when i was like 7 years old Careful, Grandpa, or your words may tend to date you. Control Strip made its entry to the world for the PowerBooks, and then emigrated to desktops with System 7.5.3, which ain't that long ago (c1996).
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Posted by: slomacuser on 2008-04-04 02:04:25
... and i did discover the option key thingy when i was like 7 years old Careful, Grandpa, or your words may tend to date you. Control Strip made its entry to the world for the PowerBooks, and then emigrated to desktops with System 7.5.3, which ain't that long ago (c1996).
de
He is 19 years old, isn't he? so ...
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Posted by: Bolle on 2008-04-04 07:00:08
... and i did discover the option key thingy when i was like 7 years old Careful, Grandpa, or your words may tend to date you. Control Strip made its entry to the world for the PowerBooks, and then emigrated to desktops with System 7.5.3, which ain't that long ago (c1996).
de
He is 19 years old, isn't he? so ...
exactly!
it was back in 95-96 when i started messing with the macs at my dads work 😀
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