Yes, I have windows on my network. ----- Original Message ----- From: "VaShaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 10:59 AM Subject: Re: shortcuts
Yes that is what I am about to do for my network as well. Do you have Windows machines on your network? I will do a little research and see what I get, but your answer I am afraid will be correct. Thanks On Dec 4, 2007, at 9:53 AM, David Poehlman wrote: > I think that the podcasts folder is a smart folder and it may not be > possible to have it update through an alias but doing a bit of > research > should clear this up or perhaps someone more familiar with the inner > workings of the Mac can provide us with info. Now, we need to make > an alias > to another folder. This actually works for me. I have aliases for > all my > networked computers on my desktop. When they open, I can copy things > to and > from them with no problems and the originals are updated when I copy > things > to them. They do leve behind a volume though I have to eject for > the alias > to remain. When I open a folder, it appears on my desktop and I > create an > alias of it and then eject it. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "VaShaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS > X by > theblind" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 9:29 AM > Subject: Re: shortcuts > > > Yup,I changed it to Notepad and moved it to the Desktop and it opened > Textedit. This tells us that it works properly and there is something > wrong with the ITunes/Music/Podcast folder when the same is attempted. > The reason why this interest me so much is because I look at this > folder often instead of going through I Tunes. What do you or anyone > else think? > On Dec 4, 2007, at 8:33 AM, David Poehlman wrote: > >> I don't know why this should happen. Try this, take text edit, make >> an >> alias of it, place the alias on the desktop, rename it, open it, do >> you get >> text edit? If so, things are working as they should and it may be >> that the >> podcast folders are smart and will not work together or something >> like that. >> I have not tried doing an alias with a folder but it should work. >> We'll >> have to dig into this. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "VaShaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS >> X by >> theblind" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 5:45 AM >> Subject: Re: shortcuts >> >> >> This makes sence but it doesn't work. Para and David please follow me >> because this is interesting. Following a mixture of both of your >> steps >> this is what I did, this is what I got and this is what peaks my >> interest. What I did is press command L on the pod-cast folder in the >> Finder. This created a alias that wanted me to rename it. I named it >> "I Listen". I copied this folder to the Desktop. I went into the I >> Listen folder and deleted a podcast. I went back to my original pod- >> cast folder and it was still there. Here is what is interesting. I >> renamed the alias as soon as it prompted me to do so to I listen. I >> copied that folder to the desktop but it changed back to Pod-cast not >> I Listen. I did not delete the copy of the first I Listen pod-cast >> folder and it was updated with the deleted pod-cast but the original >> wasn't touched. What am I missing here? >> On Dec 3, 2007, at 6:48 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: >> >>> Shaun, this was what confused me before when trying to answer your >>> question. Do you have a single alias to point to your podcast >>> folder or several to point to each individual podcast within your >>> podcast folder?... >>> >>> >>> If you have many aliases which point to many podcasts, then >>> regardless of whether you delete or do anything to, your aliases, >>> your original items will remain in the original folder. Now, if you >>> have just one alias which points to your podcast folder, anything >>> you change from there will act on the original folder. I.E. if you >>> remove a podcast that you arrive at from opening your alias, then it >>> will be removed from your original folder. >>> >>> Does this make sense?... >>> >>> An alias points to a particular object, so if you create an alias >>> which points to a folder, it would tell that folder to open when you >>> click on the alias... >>> >>> So you'd actually be opening the original folder in this case. >>> >>> Now, if you've created many aliases which point to files within a >>> folder, they will do the same thing; I.E. open a podcast within your >>> podcast folder. >>> >>> But in the case of any alias, whatever you do to it doesn't effect >>> what it points to. So, if you delete an alias, you simply remove >>> the pointer which previously pointed to the folder or file. The >>> folder or file is still there. The reason that my example above >>> with the single alias to the folder works, is because after you >>> click on your alias which points to your folder, what you get then, >>> is the actual folder opening, and you can see the actual files. So >>> whatever you do to them then, happens in the actual folder. what >>> you're seeing in the folder are not aliases and are the actual >>> files... >>> >>> I hope this helps!... >>> >>> Have a wonderful day!... >>> >>> Smiles, >>> >>> Cara :) >>> >>> On Dec 3, 2007, at 1:10 PM, VaShaun Jones wrote: >>> >>>> Still they don't update themselves. I delete a pod-cast on the >>>> desktop it doesn't delete it from the original. My question is why? >>>> To continue the file path podcast/macbreakweekly/episode. If this >>>> is the alias I put on the desktop as a alias and I delete episode >>>> in the alias I still have a copy of what was deleted in the >>>> original. >>>> On Dec 3, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Jos wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> In your music/iTunes/iTunes Music folder there is a folder for >>>>> podcasts. If you create an alias for that folder and put it on >>>>> your desktop you can then simply click that alias and it will >>>>> automatically navigate to that folder and show you its contents in >>>>> Finder. Aliases are just pointers to quickly open a file, folder, >>>>> application, etc, without moving it from its current location. >>>>> Josh de Lioncourt >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> >>>>> ...my other mail provider is an owl... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 3 Dec, 2007, at 10:00 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> I almost understand what you are saying, but in the instance of >>>>>> the pod-cast folder in my Music folder you are saying just move >>>>>> that folder to the new place on the system. In regards to the >>>>>> alias I don't understand it's purpose. If I create a alias for >>>>>> this folder on my Desktop what is it's purpose? If a new pod-cast >>>>>> is added the alias knows nothing about it. In other words it's >>>>>> not updated like the original. >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> --- >>> View my Online Portfolio at: >>> http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > >
