Tim and Jane,
I am including my assistant and friend Jennifer in this exchange even
though she cannot post to the list.
The problem is that she does not normally drag and drop non-audio
materials, and while the best wisdom indicates that should be able to do
this from the finder, copy and paste as Jane suggests, there is one major
problem.
She cannot find where the blank disc actually is being represented.
Logic dictates...I think, that if there is a blank disc in her cdrw that
it should show up somewhere. there is not an untitled folder as Jane
described, and I am not computer practiced in these kinds of systems.
In Linux, my cdr remains a cdr empty or full and I can copy and paste
directly to it entering a file name.
I was under the impression that the cdrw in a mac had a letter or drive
designation that remains constant so you need only past to that drive
designation.
However I understand from Jennifer that there is no window where you might
give a file name with the drive included for example something like
e:\filename.zip
nor is drive e listed I suppose in the drive icons on her desktop,
assuming for this example that drive e is the cdrw.
so how does this process differ if working with data, and most
importantly, how is the drive or blank disc identified so you can paste or
drag over the file in question?
she does have cd and dvd burning software, but this should not be needful?
Thanks,
Karen
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi Karen,
I think what's happening here is that the file has not completely downloaded.
The file will still appear on the Desktop as it is being downloaded but is
incomplete and therefore unable to be manipulated. You can check the
progress of a download by looking in the "Download Window" which can be
accessed under the Window menu or by pressing cmd+option+l.
Second, it does not matter at all the file platform for the download. You
can download any file type imaginable. If it is unusable by the Mac, that
will come into play if you were attempting to open it, copying to any
location is not a problem. Simply follow Janes' instructions or your
assistant can drag and drop the way she always does.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
& Carter the Canine
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
