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

Subject: Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
From: stevehix@safemail.com (Steve Hix)
Date: 1998/04/20
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.mac.misc, comp.sys.mac.advocacy, comp.sys.mac.portables, comp.sys.mac.system
Organization: South Valley Internet
References: <ericb-0204981532480001@132.236.171.104> <B1495183-33BCF@206.165.43.94> <3524B4EA.4CD13065@informatik.fh-hamburg.de> <35255029.1239745@news.bconnex.net> <35269F50.5FA9@terra.cira.colostate.edu> <352AAEC2.45452E06@on-line.de> <352E8C83.DA2@terra.cira.colostate.edu> <353154af.2844897@news.bconnex.net> <01bd668c$bee9f460$0b0ba8c0@woohoo> <hshubs-1304981055390001@ip185.dallas2.tx.pub-ip.psi.net> <Pine.SGI.3.91r.980413221602.25421A-100000@freenet> <kindall-1304982356070001@192.168.0.100> <3537a7e7.25531117@news.cs.ohiou.edu> <stevehix-1704981614270001@ip45.safemail.com> <gsigman1-1904980808060001@port-01-07.athens.eurekanet.com> <353A9F52.D945EFCB@eagle.ptialaska.net>

In article <353A9F52.D945EFCB@eagle.ptialaska.net>, Mike Morton
<mdragon@eagle.ptialaska.net> wrote:

> > 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.

>   I thought you could move a file to another partition or drive by
holding option
> when you clicked on it and dragged it over...

option-click forces a copy, so that you can copy from folder to folder on
a single volume, rather than move. option-click or just click when moving
between volumes and you get a copy, rather than move. ( At least, in 8.x)

References:
- Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
  - From: ericb@pobox.com (Eric Bennett)
- Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
  - From: "Lawson English" <english@primenet.com>
- Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
  - From: FULL_USER_NAME <DEFAULT_USER@informatik.fh-hamburg.de>
- Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
  - From: CUTjefbla@bconnex.net (Jeff Blakeney)
- Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
  - From: Jeff Lemke <lemke@terra.cira.colostate.edu>
- Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
  - From: Ole Voss <joker@on-line.de>
- Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
  - From: Jeff Lemke <lemke@terra.cira.colostate.edu>
- Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
  - From: CUTjefbla@bconnex.net (Jeff Blakeney)
- Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
  - From: "Earl Malmrose" <malmrose@nospam.jetcity.com>
- Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
  - From: hshubs@mindspring.com (Howard S Shubs)
- Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
  - From: "Greg J. Buchner" <buchner@freenet.msp.mn.us>
- Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
  - From: kindall@mail.manual.com (Jerry Kindall)
- Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
  - From: gsigman1@ohiou.edu (Greg Sigman)
- Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
  - From: stevehix@safemail.com (Steve Hix)
- Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
  - From: gsigman1@ohiou.edu (Greg Sigman)
- Re: Of course we can trust Apple for our next OS!
  - From: Mike Morton <mdragon@eagle.ptialaska.net>

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