On Thursday, July 11, 2002, at 08:41 AM, Dan Pennington wrote: > Here's the puzzler: > If I boot the Pismo without the ext 12 gig hd plugged in, none of my > desktop aliases and real files that were on the desktop show up. > Plug in the ext hd and there they are. I understand (I think) that > that desktop stuff is stored in the Desktop Folder (makes sense to > me). And the DF is invisible so geek wannabe's like me can't easily > mess with it. The only hint that I get that the DF exists is by > Sherlocking for it. When I try to drag the DF from the Sherlock > window to the pismo hd, the Finder tells me: > "Desktop" cannot be moved or copied here, because the name is > reserved by the system software. > > All I want to do is get my desktop stuff from the ext hd to the Pismo > hd, so I can remove the external and put it away for backups, > emergencies, or whatever people do with external hd's.
each drive has it's own Desktop Folder... when that drive is mounted, the contents of that drive's DF show up on the desktop. all the stuff that shows up when you connect the external.... just copy it to your internal HD. unmount the external and move the data from your internal hd back onto the desktop. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> 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/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
