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Copying folder: Macs vs. Windows vs. UNIX
Authored by: deleted_user18 on Apr 14, '04 12:08:04PM

Yes but what is if both folders have subfolders? I will then have to this over and over again for every subfolder or I will loose data.

Strange behaviour...



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Copying folder: Macs vs. Windows vs. UNIX
Authored by: Tulse on Apr 14, '04 12:15:29PM

I actually think the Mac behaviour makes sense, or is at least more consistent with the way the rest of the file management system works. If you move a file into a folder with a file of the same name, you are prompted, and the file gets replaced. Folders work the same way. That seems straightforward to me. There will, I suppose, be occasions when one intentionally has two folders in different locations that have the same name and mergeable content, but my guess is that those situation will be far less common than one where someone has mistakenly given the same name to two folders.



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