When you insert a blank cd or dvd media into the mac, a new item is
added to the list of available drives. It's called untitled. Simply
copy the item, and paste it onto the untitled folder. That should do
the trick.
On Mar 27, 2006, at 5:21 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote:
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
