On Dec 11, 2008, at 5:25 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Charles Davis <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >> On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:25 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: >> >>> >>> On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Steve R <mailing.lists. >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> I make it a habit of downloading to a non-OS drive or partition, >>>> and >>>> from there will mount or unzip a downloaded application, moving or >>>> installing to the OS drive Applications folder. File Buddy is >>>> showing >>>> a lot of invisible files, the sort I would expect to find on an OS >>>> drive, such as /user/bin... etc. I'm also noticing an X11.app with >>>> related files. I never run an application from this download drive >>>> (or mounted image). Can I safely delete these files which have >>>> grown >>>> into GBs of space in the past two years? >>> >>> >>> What will make a PC happy will make the files slower to open or even >>> unreadable the next time you try to open them on a Mac as various >>> qualifiers and settings will be lost. >>> >> >> Just what is this comment referring to ??????????? >> >> Just trying to keep the grey matter from scrambling!!!! >> > > > I guess you would have to have experienced many PCs reactions to the > extra files Macs insist on writing to different types of portable > drives to know. And also experience the extra joy of the reactions of > various Mac OSes when those files are deleted. > Still doesn't really make any sense. I don't remember any mention of WINTEL machines/ Systems. So why a comment referring to the troubles caused with 'cross platform' file movements? Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
