Strange facts about copy and paste of Finder items

Aug 09, '06 07:30:00AM

Contributed by: Anonymous

Today, I stumbled on this tip from Apple's Pro Tip of the Week page -- it explains how to copy a filename only, instead of the entire object, when copying things in the Finder (enter edit mode for the filename, then copy). But what this tip do not mention is:

  1. If you copy and paste a folder to a Mail message, you will send a sort of alias that, if clicked, will open the same folder on receiver's computer.
  2. If you copy anything to TextEdit, you will get a low-res icon of the item you pasted. In fact, this is not a normal icon, as you are pasting the entire item -- application or alias (in case of folder).
  3. If you paste an item to a place (field in a form or text editor) that can't receive rich-formatted items, then you will get the item's name.
[robg adds: I'm pretty sure we have the second item above in a hint here somewhere, but I couldn't find it with a quick search.]

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