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copy & copy replace, lost files :(
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<blockquote data-quote="Luckymethod" data-source="post: 1134851" data-attributes="member: 177810"><p>Not exactly. OSX does something VERY dumb, it replaces folders, while Windows simply MERGES folders. So yes, if a file has the same name, it will be overwritten (the system asks explicitly, for every file, unless you mark a checkbox like in OSX) but if you're moving a folder with the same name, but different contents, it will be merged with the existing stuff.</p><p></p><p>Honestly, I can't understand what they were thinking when they designed the copy/move feature in OSX, it's a rather common thing to want to merge folders (think failed transfers from external sources for example).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Luckymethod, post: 1134851, member: 177810"] Not exactly. OSX does something VERY dumb, it replaces folders, while Windows simply MERGES folders. So yes, if a file has the same name, it will be overwritten (the system asks explicitly, for every file, unless you mark a checkbox like in OSX) but if you're moving a folder with the same name, but different contents, it will be merged with the existing stuff. Honestly, I can't understand what they were thinking when they designed the copy/move feature in OSX, it's a rather common thing to want to merge folders (think failed transfers from external sources for example). [/QUOTE]
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