thomas@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Thomas Summerall) (01/19/90)
Is there really a problem with keeping the contents of my hard disk in folders on the desktop? I haven't noticed one, but several people claim that it screws up the desktop file and makes for crashes and Finder slow downs. I hope not, because it seems to be a much faster way of getting to folders, particularly in MultiFinder. Thanks, Thomas Summerall
yahnke@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Ross Yahnke, MACC) (01/19/90)
In article <18599@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, thomas@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Thomas Summerall) writes... -Is there really a problem with keeping the contents of my hard disk in folders -on the desktop? I haven't noticed one, but several people claim that it screws -up the desktop file and makes for crashes and Finder slow downs. I hope not, -because it seems to be a much faster way of getting to folders, particularly in -MultiFinder. The only problem I've heard about is that diskette files left on the desktop won't get copied when doing a diskette to diskette copy. Don't know if this has been fixed in the latest 6.0 release. >>> Internet: yahnke@macc.wisc.edu <<< >>> Mille voix chuchottent <<c'est vrai>> <<<
vallon@sboslab15.cs.sunysb.edu (Justin Vallon) (01/19/90)
In article <3001@dogie.macc.wisc.edu>, yahnke@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Ross Yahnke, MACC) writes: > In article <18599@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU>, thomas@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Thomas Summerall) writes... > >[Is there a problem keeping files/folders on the desktop?] > > The only problem I've heard about is that diskette files left on the > desktop won't get copied when doing a diskette to diskette copy. Don't > know if this has been fixed in the latest 6.0 release. I though disk-to-disk copies whose capacities are the same become sector copies. At least that's what happens now (Finder under System 6.0.2). If that was a problem, then it appears to have been fixed. When you disk-to-disk copy to a disk of different capacity, then a file- copy is done. I don't know if it also copies the files on the desktop, but I suppose it is (sort of) correct, from a user-interface point of view, to copy those files that are only in the disk window, not on the desktop. > >>> Internet: yahnke@macc.wisc.edu <<< > >>> Mille voix chuchottent <<c'est vrai>> <<< -Justin vallon@sbcs.sunysb.edu