Please correct me if I am entirely wrong, but I recall reading somewhere that if you drag a folder onto another, you have the option to merge those folders. Of course, now that I need the info, I can't find where I thought I had read it, but I am fairly certain this was a new feature in Lion.
Take Care John Panarese [email protected] On Aug 3, 2011, at 3:52 PM, Bryan Jones wrote: > Hi Zack, John, Paul and All, > > <I'm starting this as a new thread because I have a related question but > didn't want to hijack Paul's original thread.> > > Has anyone tried merging 2 folders using just the commands in Lion? One of > the things I like most about MoveAddict is it's intelligent and flexible > behavior when merging folders that contain files and subfolders with > duplicate names. I gave this a quick test using Lion's Command+C and > Command+Option+V to attempt to merge two folders of the same name that > contained a mix of different and same-named files. While Lion presented a > warning dialog telling me a folder of the same name already exists, when I > chose to continue it did not merge, just seems to have blown away the target > folder and files and replaced it with the source. I did the usual digging for > answers but didn't yet find any Lion command that would perform a move and > merge in one stroke as MoveAddict does so well. > > Any thoughts? > Thanks, > Bryan > > On Aug 3, 2011, at 3:04 PM, John Panarese wrote: >> On Aug 3, 2011, at 3:01 PM, Zachary Kline wrote: >> I'm puzzled, as I've never had those files "disappear" after a Lion reboot. >> THe feature has always worked as described for me, and I've actually removed >> Move Addict as unnecessary myself. > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > [email protected] > > You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the > Mac-Access forum at the following URL: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > > The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free! > > Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting > the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to [email protected] You can find a monthly formatted archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at the following URL: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> The Mac-Access mailing list is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free! Please remember to update your membership options periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
