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<blockquote data-quote="RNDdave" data-source="post: 328259" data-attributes="member: 20405"><p>ok you did lose me a bit there I think... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>First off - what is that swapping the @ and " all about? a little strange for sure.</p><p>Second - the Apple+C is a bit strange but not hard to get used to.</p><p>third - you can use any mouse you want - if it has a right mouse button on it then you can use it as a right mouse button - the same as control+click for single button mice.</p><p></p><p>Now to the part that might have lost me...</p><p></p><p>When in finder the folders you see on the left (the original ones) are folders that appear under your user directory - so in Windows this would be the same as </p><p><strong>Douments</strong> = c<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Undecided.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":\" title="Undecided :\" data-shortname=":\" />documents and settings\user name\my docs</p><p><strong>Pictures</strong> = c<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Undecided.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":\" title="Undecided :\" data-shortname=":\" />documents and settings\user name\my docs\my pics</p><p><strong>Music</strong> = c<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Undecided.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":\" title="Undecided :\" data-shortname=":\" />documents and settings\user name\my docs\my music</p><p><strong>Movies</strong> = c<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Undecided.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":\" title="Undecided :\" data-shortname=":\" />documents and settings\user name\my docs\my videos</p><p>The above <strong>bold</strong> folders are directories that appear inside your users directory on the Mac.</p><p></p><p>You can add folders to the left hand section of the Finder - so on your HUGE USB HDD you can organise your PC content as you want (however there will be formatting issues - i'll try to remember to come back to this point in a minute).</p><p></p><p>Once you transfer the data from the PC to the USB HDD into the folders you want - hook the USB HDD to the mac OS X will see the HDD and will add it to the top part of the finder window as well as your desktop. Open the USB HDD in Finder and you will see the folders as you set them out in Windows. Now just drag those folders to the bottom part of the finder window (the part that has Applications, Music Movies etc) </p><p></p><p>The original folders can be removed from the sidebar by control+click on them and select the option to <strong>remove from the sidebar</strong>. </p><p></p><p>FORMAT - when you hook the USB HDD to the Windows machine you need to make sure that you format it using FAT32 - if Windows uses NTFS then you'l be unable to write to the drive when it's connected to the Mac.</p><p></p><p>Hopefully I understood what you wanted - and did not lose you along the way. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RNDdave, post: 328259, member: 20405"] ok you did lose me a bit there I think... :) First off - what is that swapping the @ and " all about? a little strange for sure. Second - the Apple+C is a bit strange but not hard to get used to. third - you can use any mouse you want - if it has a right mouse button on it then you can use it as a right mouse button - the same as control+click for single button mice. Now to the part that might have lost me... When in finder the folders you see on the left (the original ones) are folders that appear under your user directory - so in Windows this would be the same as [b]Douments[/b] = c:\documents and settings\user name\my docs [b]Pictures[/b] = c:\documents and settings\user name\my docs\my pics [b]Music[/b] = c:\documents and settings\user name\my docs\my music [b]Movies[/b] = c:\documents and settings\user name\my docs\my videos The above [b]bold[/b] folders are directories that appear inside your users directory on the Mac. You can add folders to the left hand section of the Finder - so on your HUGE USB HDD you can organise your PC content as you want (however there will be formatting issues - i'll try to remember to come back to this point in a minute). Once you transfer the data from the PC to the USB HDD into the folders you want - hook the USB HDD to the mac OS X will see the HDD and will add it to the top part of the finder window as well as your desktop. Open the USB HDD in Finder and you will see the folders as you set them out in Windows. Now just drag those folders to the bottom part of the finder window (the part that has Applications, Music Movies etc) The original folders can be removed from the sidebar by control+click on them and select the option to [B]remove from the sidebar[/B]. FORMAT - when you hook the USB HDD to the Windows machine you need to make sure that you format it using FAT32 - if Windows uses NTFS then you'l be unable to write to the drive when it's connected to the Mac. Hopefully I understood what you wanted - and did not lose you along the way. :) [/QUOTE]
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