Merge Folders

Hi, just got my new macbook today

Quick question: when I copy a folder into a directory with a folder of the same name in it, it overwrites the folder - in Windows it merges the two, how do I merge the two in Mac OSX?

Thank you.

do the two folders have totally different files, or do you want to synchronise the two folders where they may contain files of the same name?

Syncronise the two folders, overwriting only where there are actually two files of the same name.



So, let's say this is folder 1:
- sub-folder a
- - file a
- - file b
- sub-folder b
- - file c

And this is the second folder:
- sub-folder a
- - file d
- - file e
- sub-folder c
- file f

I want one folder with this content:
- sub-folder a
- - file a
- - file b
- - file d
- - file e
- sub-folder b
- - file c
- sub-folder c
- - file f

It's a pity OS X doesn't do this as easily as windows. UNIX does have synchronising built in but you usually have to use the terminal

I would recommend RsyncX, give it a try (but back up first to make sure it is doing what you want)

What do you mean? mv can, and does, do this. Are basic terminal commands really that bad a thing?

so mv folder2/* folder1