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Good Idea
This simple idea fixed something that bothered me for a while now. I couldn't easily get to my three partitions and external SCSI drive from some Open/Save File dialogs. Now I added aliases in a folder called "Volumes" in my home folder.
Getting to external volumes
I'm a bit confused, if you're having trouble getting in the open/save dialog box to parts of your drives, simply add those key folders by clicking "add to favorites."
ln != alias
ln can break if you move the file you are linking to. Making an alias, however, saves the info in the Desktop DB and should be able to adjust if you move the file you have made an alias of, or if you move the alias, or both!
Getting to external volumes
Actually the thing I have a problem with is that within the file dialog there is no way to get to "your computer" ... just the Home directory. From Home I have to keep pressing the left arrow to get to the "computer" to see all the mounted volumes. I have added each partition and drive to Favorites, but that doesn't help when you have a removable disk inserted.
Getting to external volumes
In open/save dialogs you can press Cmd-Option+C to get to "My Computer". Not sure if it works in Cocoa apps only, but I guess not. Cmd-Option+H, F (Home and Favorites) too, like in the Finder. There's all sorts of (key) shortcuts (Tab, Cmd-arrow etc.), that make navigation easier.
Getting to external volumes
Very cool tip! Also of course I should have said that typing "/Volumes" in the Goto: line works as well. I just miss the drive pulldown we had in OS 9.
Good Idea
I think aliases of other partitions is a fine idea for navigating in a single finder window. |
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