I picture it, Humor me and try it in icon mode. ----- 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 11:59 AM Subject: Re: shortcuts
I want you to picture this in column mode. I navigate to the pod-cast folder and create the alias. I am able to rename and I just press enter. This names the new folder pod-cast alias. I press command c to copy it. It doesn't say copy podcast alias it says copy podcast. I move down to a folder named River Walk and press command C t and it says copy River Walk. For some reason it isn't copying the alias. I say this because it doesn't say alias when I copy it and because the same example works if I make a alias of a application. Go figure On Dec 4, 2007, at 11:25 AM, Cara Quinn wrote: > Shaun, I just tried your experiment and it worked flawlessly for me. > > 1 I navigated to my podcasts folder in my user folder and then in my > music/Itunes/ITunesmusic folder. I ctrl clicked on podcasts and > created an alias, renamed it, and pressed enter... > > 2 I copied it to my desktop folder in my user folder. > > I then closed my finder window and went to the desktop, and then > opened my alias, which I'd called My podcasts... > > 3 A finder window came up which was titled podcasts, as it was > opening my podcasts folder. > > 4 I then deleted a podcast, closed the window, and checked the trash > to see if it was there. It was... > > 5 I visited my original podcast folder and checked that the item was > in fact deleted, and it was. > > 6 For the sake of thoroughness, I also clicked on the original alias > I'd just made which was also still in the same folder as my podcasts > folder, as I'd not deleted it yet, after I'd pasted it to my > desktop. Again, as predicted, my podcasts folder opened, and the > podcast I'd deleted was still deleted. > > 7 I should also note that during all of this, no names or such were > changed at all, aside from anything I, myself changed. I also want > to mention that I use icon view in the finder. > > 8 I then proceeded to recopy the podcast I'd moved to the trash, > back to its original location, and remove my aliases. > > 9 I emptied the trash, and all was as when I'd started. > > I"m not sure what's happening on your end, but it sure sounds like > you're making a copy of the original folder somehow. > > If anything comes to mind, I'll be sure and post it, K?... For now, > best of luck!... > > Have a wonderful day!... > > Smiles, > > Cara :) > > > On Dec 4, 2007, at 6:29 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote: > >> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > --- > View my Online Portfolio at: > http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn > > >
