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On to the Special menu! No other menu in the history of the Finder has changed as much as this menu. It started out with 4 commands, three of which remain. Nowadays, there are three extra items in this menu. However, the special menu has had a few items that have fluxed in and out of existence. Here they are:

Command What it did System versions it was in

Set Startup Set the startup drive. In system 4.0 and up, it let you use the mulitfinder, the pre-system 7 multitasking solution Systems 1.0 all the way through 6.0.8. It was replaced by the Startup Items folder.

Shut Down Shuts down the computer. Before it existed, you just flicked the switch, nothing more. It was added after system 2.0, and is still present to this day.

Restart Restarts the computer. Before it, you had to press the reset switch. It was added in System 6.0.2 (the first public version of system 6), and still exists to this day.

Sleep Puts Powerbooks and second-generation PCI PowerMacs to sleep It was added in system 7 on powerbooks, and 7.5 for PCI PowerMacs.

Use MiniFinder… Installed or removed the selected file in the MiniFinder, which was the forerunner to the Lanucher.` It was added in system 4.0, and was removed in the next major release (6.0.2), making it the most short-lived item ever.

In case you're curious, the MiniFinder was a 4K application (now that's small!) that was a cross between the launcher, the Finder, and At Ease. (It came before all but the finder). Essentially, it was a simpler way to launch programs. Here's what it looks like:

Not even System 1.0 was immune to crashes

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Command	What it did	System versions it was in
Set Startup	Set the startup drive. In system 4.0 and up, it let you use the mulitfinder, the pre-system 7 multitasking solution	Systems 1.0 all the way through 6.0.8. It was replaced by the Startup Items folder.
Shut Down	Shuts down the computer. Before it existed, you just flicked the switch, nothing more.	It was added after system 2.0, and is still present to this day.
Restart	Restarts the computer. Before it, you had to press the reset switch.	It was added in System 6.0.2 (the first public version of system 6), and still exists to this day.
Sleep	Puts Powerbooks and second-generation PCI PowerMacs to sleep	It was added in system 7 on powerbooks, and 7.5 for PCI PowerMacs.
Use MiniFinder…	Installed or removed the selected file in the MiniFinder, which was the forerunner to the Lanucher.`	It was added in system 4.0, and was removed in the next major release (6.0.2), making it the most short-lived item ever.