On Dec 11, 2008, at 11:46 PM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 8:52 PM, Charles Davis <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> >> 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? >> > > > Which makes it all the worse WHAT worse????? There was never any mention of 'cross platform' file movement. 'Cross System', yes, but that wouldn't include any of the 'DOS/Windows file system vs. Apple File System possible problems. Chuck > to remove the files on those other > drives. They are put there for system access reasons. > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
