Yes, I definitely appreciate this info, and think I understand it.
However, somehow, in the process of moving the folder to and out of
the file again, all the computer can find is the alias, which of
course, will not open because it can't find the original item. I
mean, it seems like it must be somewhere on this machine ... I don't
think it can just disappear forever. At present, I'm trying to burn
a copy of the folder on my old computer, and then transfer it to
this one. Probably I'll somehow screw that up too ....
At any rate ... I remain grateful for you guys hanging in with my
inexperience.
Dean
On Aug 7, 2005, at 5:22 PM, Chuck Israels wrote:
Hi Dean,
I believe Karen is right, and that further explanation is useful to
someone at your level of experience. If I understand correctly
(and I think I understand this kind of thing), what Karen is
describing is that when you put things in a "smart burn" folder (or
when you use another application to do the same thing), you are not
actually moving the files. (In order to do this safely, you'd need
to make copies of them and move them, so you wouldn't lose them.
On your system, you'd do this by dragging them to the new location
while holding down the "option" key.) What you are doing is
telling the burn folder to look for the real locations of these
files and, when the actual order to burn them takes place, to go to
those locations, find the files, and burn them. It takes a while
to get one's head around this, but it makes really good sense for
the computer to do things this way. We just have to learn to see
why that is so.
Hope this helps ease your mind.
Chuck
On Aug 7, 2005, at 5:12 PM, Karen wrote:
Hi Dean,
I believe that the files that are in the smart burn folder are
simply aliases not your original Appleworks 6 files. You should
find your original Appleworks files to confirm this. Then you can
just create a new Burn Folder and drag fewer files into it this
time...then try your burn again.
-K
On Aug 7, 2005, at 4:27 PM, Dean M. Estabrook wrote:
How do I get myself into these things. I created a New Burn
Folder, and was attempting to put some stuff in it. I dragged my
Folder of all my Appleworks 6 files into it, then saw that there
was too much data on the disk to do a burn, so I pulled the
Appleworks 6 Folder back onto the desk top. When I tried to open
it, the message came up and informed that it could not open
because the original could not be found.
How do I get it back, please. The option buttons are Delete
Alias, Fix Alias and OK.
Dean
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