> From: Fluxstringer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [PCI] Newbie relapse question. - Directory list print out > > Here I reveal my true lack of Mac knowledge. > > I finished up some projects and am now getting around to some Mac > upgrades and maintenance. > I have been moving a large number of files around and of course when > you clean things up you don't know where anything is. > > And since I have many drives of 1,2,4, and 9 GB there are way (WAAAY! > ) too many files to keep track of in my head. > Of course I can always do a search. But sometimes you forget what a > certain file is called. > > In the days when 100 MB was a big drive for me I used to print out > Directory lists. No this was not on PC but a platform still respected > amongst the cognoscentti. > > I am using OS 9.1 and have been trying to figure an easy way to do > this. I never wrote an Applescript but suppose I could try. > But is there another, easier way?
Can you be more precise about what you want? You obviously know you can print out as many directories as you have drives. And that you can simply join these up in one doc or set with a stapler. This might help you do something: you can use aliases, they get printed. You can put "comments" in via the Get Info window and you can view directories with comments via view/view options. Combine all these facts and you have a means to make a genuinely helpful, set of directories. A master one from (say) your startup disk with a full set of aliases to point to every other item on other disks... Personally I am finding the Apple menu useful, in it I have not only aliases to much used folders but specifically all my HDs, from there all is available for inspection in submenus... [If you have a nice big screen, you can screen shot all. If you don't you can screen shot bits at a time and montage up a giant pic and print it (by montaging up all the sheets, scissors and paste]. Trouble is by time you have done this, everything will have changed again. Just use the apple menu as I say and Sherlock to find difficult things. Name things well in the first place. And do try to have a good breakfast please, it is a foundation for the day. David Elmo -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.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/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com
