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File copying frustrations - help?
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<blockquote data-quote="djmitch" data-source="post: 126527"><p>I recall reading that thread as I was waiting for my Mac to arrive, and it revolves around the issue of replacing files - something I have no problem with OS X doing nor with how it does this.</p><p></p><p>My main beef is how, when asked if I want to replace an existing file, I am not given a simple dialog telling me if that file is older/newer than the one I am seeking to replace it with. Again, I do get such a dialog when I'm dragging and dropping files one-by-one, which is great (I don't need exact date/time info in this case), but it perplexes me as to why I don't get this dialog for each file I'm asked to replace when I'm choosing to move a GROUP of files.</p><p></p><p>Whether a Mac veteran or a total newbie, this is a serious shortcoming of the Mac OS in my opinion as the user should always be warned when they're about to unwittingly replace a newer file with an older version instead of the generic "An item named [filename] already exists in this location. Do you want to replace it with the one you are moving?"</p><p></p><p>I've done some experimenting and I get the older/newer version of this message when moving a file individually, but NOT when I am moving that file when it's part of a group of files that I wish to move. This forces me to waste time being vigilant about accidentally not replacing newer versions of files with older ones (by copying files one-by-one instead of a group of files at a time), and it's unfortunate that Windows has the edge in this respect.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="djmitch, post: 126527"] I recall reading that thread as I was waiting for my Mac to arrive, and it revolves around the issue of replacing files - something I have no problem with OS X doing nor with how it does this. My main beef is how, when asked if I want to replace an existing file, I am not given a simple dialog telling me if that file is older/newer than the one I am seeking to replace it with. Again, I do get such a dialog when I'm dragging and dropping files one-by-one, which is great (I don't need exact date/time info in this case), but it perplexes me as to why I don't get this dialog for each file I'm asked to replace when I'm choosing to move a GROUP of files. Whether a Mac veteran or a total newbie, this is a serious shortcoming of the Mac OS in my opinion as the user should always be warned when they're about to unwittingly replace a newer file with an older version instead of the generic "An item named [filename] already exists in this location. Do you want to replace it with the one you are moving?" I've done some experimenting and I get the older/newer version of this message when moving a file individually, but NOT when I am moving that file when it's part of a group of files that I wish to move. This forces me to waste time being vigilant about accidentally not replacing newer versions of files with older ones (by copying files one-by-one instead of a group of files at a time), and it's unfortunate that Windows has the edge in this respect. [/QUOTE]
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