A simple(?) random question, re: About This Mac

[sonictonic]

I was just wondering how come sometimes when I see screen shots of the "About This Mac" window, for some people, it shows the "startup disk" and sometimes in other screen shots that information is not there.

On my iBook G4 I used to see it... but on my new MacBook it isn't there. In both cases, I run off a standard account (no admin rights directly)...

It's certainly no big deal, but I was wondering. Also, I would like to be educated

 

[reh]

I'm guessing it only shows up when you have more than one boot volume. Say Mac OS X and Mac OS 9. Or Mac OS X and Windows.

 

[sonictonic]

Really? Hmm... well I don't think that'd make sense then because I didn't have another "boot drive" on my iBook and I saw that on my about window. *To my knowledge anyway, lol* ...Would it matter if I have/had an external USB hard drive plugged in you think?

Thanks for the reply.

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

This was discussed a bit in the About this Mac thread... but I don't think we really reached a definitive conclusion...

 

[jsw]

It does indeed depend on whether another drive is connected - or perhaps also another partition is available - regardless of whether it/they are bootable. I just rebooted a Mac after disconnecting the external, and the About screen no longer showed a startup drive.

 

[sonictonic]

It does indeed depend on whether another drive is connected - or perhaps also another partition is available - regardless of whether it/they are bootable. I just rebooted a Mac after disconnecting the external, and the About screen no longer showed a startup drive.

Mystery solved! I just tested this and you are absolutely right!

Thank you!