Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!

[linc@junkmailsux.edu (Lincoln Thomas Armstrong)]

In article <01bd6bff$129614a0$0b0ba8c0@woohoo>, "Earl Malmrose" <malmrose@nospam.jetcity.com> writes:
|> Mike Morton <mdragon@eagle.ptialaska.net> wrote in article
|> <353A9F52.D945EFCB@eagle.ptialaska.net>...
|> > > Yep. And it still breaks the alias; MacOS has no real way to move a
|> file
|> > > to another drive or partition other than copy & delete the original,
|> which
|> > > breaks all aliases. This is a shortcoming of the OS.
|> > >
|> > > Greg
|> > 
|> >   I thought you could move a file to another partition or drive by
|> holding option
|> > when you clicked on it and dragged it over...
|> 
|> I wish! Option-drag will let you copy a file to the same drive (the default
|> behavior is to move if on the same drive). There is no way to move a file
|> to another drive with the Finder.
|> 

-- Try copying the aliases (make an ailses, then copy that). It's okward, but
it'll work (giving you a AppleShare connection box when you use that ailses from
the other machine, forcing you to login to the other machine if not already)

Is this what you wanted?

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