> > Um, no, no, no...you've misunderstood completely ;-) > > Er no, I didn't misunderstand at all. It does what Mitch Kapoor's ON > Location did 15 years ago. They've simply had 15 years to come up with a > better way of doing it.
Unless Mitch Kapoor's software was built into the underlying filesystem layer, then, no it didn't. Was he an Apple kernel/filesystem engineer? This is not some add-on, it's part of the kernel and/or filesystem drivers. It's at an OS level, it's not something you can remove. It's also an automatic process. The attributes are also (from what I understand of the Apple implementation) done in the same way as BeOS. They are, for all intents and purposes, a little like resource forks, but not exactly. Think of attributes as fields in a database that can be indexed and you're not far off what you'll end up with. Here's a great article that explains attributes from the perspective of a guy moving to MacOSX from BeOS (and at that point lamenting their loss..) http://www.birdhouse.org/macos/beos_osx/ The whole article is (aged) but a worthwhile read, but skip to the iTunes discussion and the "File System Shoot-Out" for more indepth info. > Look at the forest - not the trees. No offence, but I've been using this technology for 4+ years before Apple brought in the people who originally designed it to enhance their own OS. I repeat - it's not some add-on process; it's not a user land app, it's a kernel land driver. I promise, you'll learn to love attributes, live queriies and such, they rock. -- Mac UK is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... 123Inkjets.com <http://lowendmac.com/ad/123inkjets.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Mac UK list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/mac-uk.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-uk%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
