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VERY fundamental MOVE option on Mac Book Pro
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<blockquote data-quote="chas_m" data-source="post: 1694832"><p>The Documents folder in the dock is a shortcut -- it looks like it is going to be removed because it will be (but not the actual Documents folder, because it never moves).</p><p></p><p>To copy your Documents folder to an external drive for backing up, just drag it from your Home folder (ie where the actual folder is) to the external hard drive. The Mac always copies folders moved to another volume; it never just moves them.</p><p></p><p>As for your issue with the "Display As" ... are you holding down the CONTROL key (this is not the same thing as the option key)? As seen in the image above, the words "Display As" are *supposed* to be grayed out, but not "Folder" -- it should have a check mark next to it if you've selected it. Does it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chas_m, post: 1694832"] The Documents folder in the dock is a shortcut -- it looks like it is going to be removed because it will be (but not the actual Documents folder, because it never moves). To copy your Documents folder to an external drive for backing up, just drag it from your Home folder (ie where the actual folder is) to the external hard drive. The Mac always copies folders moved to another volume; it never just moves them. As for your issue with the "Display As" ... are you holding down the CONTROL key (this is not the same thing as the option key)? As seen in the image above, the words "Display As" are *supposed* to be grayed out, but not "Folder" -- it should have a check mark next to it if you've selected it. Does it? [/QUOTE]
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