On 8/21/01 3:35 PM, "Eric Hildum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As I am switching to using OS X more and more, I would like to move my Mac
> OS 9 Documents folder (blessed by the system) to my OS X Documents folder -
> that is, I want to move the entire folder, not its contents. However, I am
> concerned about the impact on Entourage and the other Office components
> should I do this. Will the existing Entourage and Office be able to find my
> Microsoft User Data folder if the Documents folder is no longer at the root
> level? Will this cause problems with upgrading to the OS X version of Office
> when it is released?
You can move your OS 9 Documents folder anywhere, and put an alias to it on
the root of your OS 9 partition. I keep mine on a separate Data partition.
MUD will be found. I also keep an alias of my OS 9 System folder on the data
partition, although I don't think it's really necessary: it may help with
icons and such-like when rebuild the desktops. (NOTE: you can't do this with
your user's Documents folder in OS X: you must leave the blessed Documents
folder in place or it will be recreated. But you don't have to put anything
in it except an alias to files or to your other (i.e. OS 9) Documents
folder, wherever it may be. That's what I do, and everything works fine.
I also have my Applications (Mac OS 9) folder on a separate Apps partition,
plus all my 3rd-party OS X apps in an Application (OS X) folder on the same
partition, with aliases in the appropriate partitions.
>
> Note: I still need to boot MacOS 9 to allow synchronization of Entourage
> with my Palm via IR.
>
> More generally, is there anything that we should or should not do to ease
> the transition to the OS X version of Entourage, which I assume will involve
> at a minimum creating a new Microsoft User Data folder in each users' home
> directory?
It will all be taken care of, I'm sure.
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Paul Berkowitz
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