a question about sharing files between two partitions

2014-08-16 Thread Michael Marshall
hey all, am thinking about trying the OS10 beta on a partition that I will be creating. my question is this, how do i go about accessing my documents and other files on my mavrics partition? i only want to share my music folders between the partitions. thanks for any help Michael --- Mac Access

Re: a question about sharing files between two partitions

2014-08-16 Thread Kliphton Senior
I could be wrong, but I don't think you can share files between partitions. Also, they say the best way to test this beta is to get your system the way you want it, do a time machine backup, and then do the upgrade. If it's not what you want or like, then you can go bak to mavericks. Some

Re: a question about sharing files between two partitions

2014-08-16 Thread Michael Marshall
hey, I have decided on a time machine option. Too many variables with partitioning. On 16 Aug 2014, at 11:25 pm, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@icloud.com wrote: I could be wrong, but I don't think you can share files between partitions. Also, they say the best way to test this beta is to get

Re: a question about sharing files between two partitions

2014-08-16 Thread Kliphton Senior
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Re: a question about sharing files between two partitions

2014-08-16 Thread Michael Marshall
I feel good about this choice. Last time I tried partitioning FileVault disabled everything and it took the brilliance of two Apple geniuses to undo the damage. On 16 Aug 2014, at 11:30 pm, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@icloud.com wrote: Trust me, you are making the right choice. Are you a

RE: a question about sharing files between two partitions

2014-08-16 Thread Debbie April Yuille
Marshall Sent: Saturday, 16 August 2014 11:29 PM To: mac access Subject: Re: a question about sharing files between two partitions hey, I have decided on a time machine option. Too many variables with partitioning. On 16 Aug 2014, at 11:25 pm, Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@icloud.com wrote: I could

RE: a question about sharing files between two partitions

2014-08-16 Thread Debbie April Yuille
Two geniuses? Wow! That must have been bad! -Original Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Michael Marshall Sent: Sunday, 17 August 2014 12:22 AM To: mac access Subject: Re: a question about sharing files between two

Re: a question about sharing files between two partitions

2014-08-16 Thread Michael Marshall
- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Michael Marshall Sent: Saturday, 16 August 2014 11:29 PM To: mac access Subject: Re: a question about sharing files between two partitions hey, I have decided on a time machine option. Too

RE: a question about sharing files between two partitions

2014-08-16 Thread Debbie April Yuille
Message- From: mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net [mailto:mac-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Michael Marshall Sent: Sunday, 17 August 2014 12:27 AM To: mac access Subject: Re: a question about sharing files between two partitions thanks deb, will do. On 17 Aug 2014, at 12:25 am, Debbie

Re: a question about sharing files between two partitions

2014-08-16 Thread Michael Marshall
-access-boun...@mac-access.net] On Behalf Of Michael Marshall Sent: Sunday, 17 August 2014 12:22 AM To: mac access Subject: Re: a question about sharing files between two partitions I feel good about this choice. Last time I tried partitioning FileVault disabled everything and it took

Re: a question about sharing files between two partitions

2014-08-16 Thread Jason White
Kliphton Senior m.kliph...@icloud.com wrote: I could be wrong, but I don't think you can share files between partitions. You can, however, create symbolic links that span file systems. For this to work, the file systems on both partitions need to be mounted. --- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot

Re: a question about sharing files between two partitions

2014-08-16 Thread Travis Siegel
If you just want to share a folder on one partition to a folder on another partition, (or a single file) you might be out of luck. However, it's common practice on unix systems to mount several partitions into various places in the file system which of course makes those files available to