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Would like to Use Mac Full time, but issues still with Mac File Managers. .
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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1543764"><p>Aleese, I'm happy you are getting more used to OSX and Finder. I have a couple of comments:</p><p></p><p>1. To change the comments fields, Right click on the file, choose Get Info and at the top of the window that opens you will see a field labeled "Spotlight Comments." That's where the comments can be entered. I'm not sure how Version gets populated, but I'll do some research and get back to you on that.</p><p></p><p>2. If all the dual windows needs are for backups, why not automate that and not mess with it? Time Machine (it's on your system) can be set to backup whatever you want (actually, you tell it what NOT to back up), and it does that backup in the background, every hour. Turn it on in System Preferences and tell it under Options what NOT to back up and point to the drive you want to hold the backups. If once an hour is too often, there is a third party product called <a href="https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/26704/timemachineeditor" target="_blank">Time Machine Editor</a> that can be used to set whatever interval you want.</p><p></p><p>Another option is Carbon Copy Cloner, which is not free anymore, but which will let you schedule copying from one drive to another automatically as well, with options to keep archives of files that have changed. It can be scripted to do whatever you want, whenever you want it to act.</p><p></p><p>EDIT: Wow, I totally missed your third sentence! Sorry for the repeat on how to edit the Comments field.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1543764"] Aleese, I'm happy you are getting more used to OSX and Finder. I have a couple of comments: 1. To change the comments fields, Right click on the file, choose Get Info and at the top of the window that opens you will see a field labeled "Spotlight Comments." That's where the comments can be entered. I'm not sure how Version gets populated, but I'll do some research and get back to you on that. 2. If all the dual windows needs are for backups, why not automate that and not mess with it? Time Machine (it's on your system) can be set to backup whatever you want (actually, you tell it what NOT to back up), and it does that backup in the background, every hour. Turn it on in System Preferences and tell it under Options what NOT to back up and point to the drive you want to hold the backups. If once an hour is too often, there is a third party product called [URL="https://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/26704/timemachineeditor"]Time Machine Editor[/URL] that can be used to set whatever interval you want. Another option is Carbon Copy Cloner, which is not free anymore, but which will let you schedule copying from one drive to another automatically as well, with options to keep archives of files that have changed. It can be scripted to do whatever you want, whenever you want it to act. EDIT: Wow, I totally missed your third sentence! Sorry for the repeat on how to edit the Comments field. [/QUOTE]
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