On 05 Jul, 2004, at 05:43 PM, Richard Yates wrote:
The temp files are being stored in the default directory for
Finale temp files, which in MacFin2004 is "Macintosh
HD/private/tmp/501/TemporaryItems". ....The "private" folder is a hidden
folder, so I can't
see the contents in the Finder.
Now that sounds like big trouble since Finale temp files can accumulate and
can be large. (And what could those Mac folks have been thinking to make a
folder that you can't look in?)
OS X uses a lot of hidden files. Most UNIX-y cache files and temp files are hidden from the user -- the goal is (A) to prevent hard drive clutter, and (B) to prevent the casual user from accidentally deleting critical files.
99.9999% of the time, this works just fine, because every application I own (except Finale) knows how to clean up after itself. When it is a problem, as Brad said, there are any number of 3rd party apps that will allow you to make all files visible.
And of course, you can specify a different (visible) folder for Finale Temp Files if you want. I may do that and see if it helps.
- Darcy
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