Frank.Savell@f2811.n206.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Frank Savell) (08/20/89)
Many times when I copy a file from one disk to another, I wonder if there isn't a shortcut instead of dragging the icon from one disk to another followed by trashing the icon from the place it came from. I think that most times I trash the icon from the place it came from.... so how come that isn't the default case?? Anyone know of extra keys to push to cause the file from the origin to be erased?? -- Frank Savell via cmhGate - Net 226 fido<=>uucp gateway Col, OH UUCP: ...!osu-cis!n8emr!cmhgate!206!2811!Frank.Savell INET: Frank.Savell@f2811.n206.z1.FIDONET.ORG
chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) (08/22/89)
>Many times when I copy a file from one disk to another, I wonder if there >isn't a shortcut instead of dragging the icon from one disk to another >followed by trashing the icon from the place it came from. I think that >most times I trash the icon from the place it came from.... so how come >that isn't the default case?? Well, about 60% of the time I don't. If you think about it, I'd rather the default be to not delete a file (force an extra action to delete data) rather than automatically deleting a file (force an action to precent deletion). That's a *lot* safer. For moving stuff, look at the Desk Accessory DiskTop. It has both copy and move options. Chuq Von Rospach =|= Editor,OtherRealms =|= Member SFWA/ASFA chuq@apple.com =|= CI$: 73317,635 =|= AppleLink: CHUQ [This is myself speaking. No company can control my thoughts.]
phil@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk (08/24/89)
>>Many times when I copy a file from one disk to another, I wonder if there >>isn't a shortcut instead of dragging the icon from one disk to another >>followed by trashing the icon from the place it came from. I think that >>most times I trash the icon from the place it came from.... so how come >>that isn't the default case?? > > In article <34180@apple.Apple.COM>, chuq@Apple.COM (Chuq Von Rospach) writes: > Well, about 60% of the time I don't. If you think about it, I'd rather the > default be to not delete a file (force an extra action to delete data) > rather than automatically deleting a file (force an action to precent > deletion). That's a *lot* safer. Well, I think that the finder would be improved if, after selecting files for copying etc., when the copy is completed the files remained selected. At the moment they un-select. This would make it easier to drag them to the trash afterwards if that's what you want, and wouldn't make life any more difficult otherwise. I have copied and then deleted multiple files a number of times, and it is a complete pain to have to make the re-selection - especially if the selected file are not grouped together in the window. Phil Jimmieson, *************************************************** Computer Science Dept., * * Liverpool University, * JANET : PHIL@UK.AC.LIV.CS.MVA * PO Box 147 * ARPA : PHIL%mva.cs.liv.ac.uk@cunyvm.cuny.edu * Liverpool L69 3BX * * (UK) 051-794-3689 ***************************************************
hammen@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Robert J. Hammen) (08/25/89)
In article <761@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk> phil@mva.cs.liv.ac.uk writes: >Well, I think that the finder would be improved if, after selecting files for >copying etc., when the copy is completed the files remained selected. I second this notion, having been a user group disk librarian for four years and having copied thousands (if not millions :-) of files. One thing that makes things easier: on a color/greyscale Mac II, select all of your items, color them black, then select the files you want to copy over. Make them a different color. Do the copy, and then View by Color. You still have to click on each of the files, but at least the computer "remembers" them for you. Or, create a folder and drag the files into that folder, then copy them, and then trash the folder. The other major PITA (pain-in-the-*ss) with the Finder is the stupid, unhelpful "Replace items with the same names with the selected items?" dialog you get when your destination folder has a file in it with the same name as one you are trying to copy to the folder. Since the Finder obviously knows which file names conflict, then why the bloody hell doesn't the thing tell me!?!?!?!? I sincerely hope this gets fixed in Finder 7.0 (pmercer, are you listening?). /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// / Robert Hammen | Service Bureau Manager and Macintosh Consultant / / Bulfin Printers | 1887 N. Water | Milwaukee WI 53202 | (414) 271-1887 / / hammen@csd4.csd.uwm.edu | uunet!uwmcsd4!hammen | Delphi: HAMMEN / / CI$: 70701,2104 | GEnie: R.Hammen | MacNet: HAMMEN | BIX: rhammen / ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////