On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 08:23:00PM -0800, John Plocher wrote: > Hugh McIntyre wrote: > > But on the other hand, I'm fairly sure that it I type "mv Music > > Music.old" on MacOS, the desktop does not track this and instead creates > > a new Music directory next time I fire up iTunes. In fact, if using "mv > > Music Music.backup", I've relied on this in the past. Sometimes the > > user may want the system to start with a new directory... > > > The current behavior is inconsistent. > > If you do the rename in the GUI file manager, the "remembered" name is > updated, > but if you do it via the desktop terminal program, it doesn't. > > Doing it the same (always updating or never) would be good; it is the > difference > in behavior that is bad, combined with a hidden remembered value that is > difficult > to change. > > If the desktop starts up and can't find the expected/old dir, there needs > to be a way for me to update the "remembered value": "please use 'Music' > instead > of the default 'My Music'..."
Yeah, it'd be better if the thing was re-created with the "remembered" name when you rename it. Instead there should be a way to tell the system where you want your music (images, whatever). That sounds a lot more sane to me. Nico --
