Nope no issues for me. I've never lost files due to copying. I've always been asked to replace files. I wonder if there is a setting in system prefs you changed, even one I don't know about. lol! Like I said I move and copy 30 gigs on average of stuff as I'm reorganizing some stuff. On Aug 27, 2010, at 3:42 PM, William Windels wrote:
> He Sarah and Erik, > > Thanx for your responses. > > Sarah, it's not moving but copying... > It can make difference. > > So, if you have also this problem for your self, pls report it... > > best regards, > William > > Op 27-aug-2010, om 23:24 heeft Sarah Alawami het volgende geschreven: > >> Oh no. I movje at least 10 to 30 gigs around on the mac a lot and it gives >> me no trouble at all. >> >> Take care. >> On Aug 27, 2010, at 1:37 PM, erik burggraaf wrote: >> >>> Hi, you are right. This shits me no end, because I used to move 10s of >>> gigs of stuff around with no hassels at all under windows, where-as on mac >>> I have to comb my folders and painstakingly copy individuals or small >>> blocks. If I were to take the albums folder from my burn folder and paste >>> it directly overtop of the albums folder in my music folder, the system >>> would throw out the old 70 gb albums folder and replace it with the new 10 >>> gb albums folder. It would not sync them neetly the way windows used to. >>> I asked here when I first noticed this happening. Fortunately it was when >>> I was reloading my music from backup dvd's onto my macbook harddrive, so no >>> data was lost. I never did get a satisfactory answer though. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Erik Burggraaf >>> Check out my first ever podcast tutorial, Learn braille using the braille >>> box. >>> Visit http://www.erik-burggraaf.com and click podcasts to read more and >>> subscribe. >>> >>> On 2010-08-27, at 3:32 PM, William Windels wrote: >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> I have discovered something strange in finder: >>>> while copying a folder "info" from my usbdisc to my homedir, that has also >>>> a folder info on the top-level, finder was replacing the folder info"in >>>> the homedir with the folder info"from the usbdisc without adding the >>>> files. >>>> This means that the files that where only available in the folder info" in >>>> thee homedir, where simply deleted. >>>> >>>> This is: unsecured and also windows is more secure in that action since >>>> windows replace only files with the same name in that situation. >>>> >>>> I don't understand this also since command+x isn't available for >>>> keyboard-users because this should be insecure... >>>> >>>> What strange!!! >>>> >>>> Thanx for your reaction... >>>> >>>> best regards, >>>> William >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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/macvisionaries?hl=en.
