>Dan <dantear...@gmail.com> May 28 12:37PM -0400 Could be that you're grabbing >some invisible files too. You can set Finder to display most invisible files >using a tool such as OnyX. Or you can just use the "ls -al" command in >Terminal to view them all. In Finder's preferences, set it to show all file >extensions. If you haven't been giving files appropriate extensions, get in >the habit of doing so. This will reduce the possibility of odd name >collisions. And Apple has depreciated the old creator/type code system anyway. >- Dan. >> Melvyn & Edith Halbert <halbe...@esper.com> May 27 12:16AM -0400
>>I often use the Finder to Copy a bunch of files from my iMac's internal hard >>drive to some >>external device. Occasionally an error message pops up that >>says 'An item named "" already exists >>in this location. Do you want to >>replace it with the one you're moving?' The error message sometimes >>>>includes a dot for the name of a problem file ("."). >>When this error occurs with a bunch of files, I have found no easy way to >>determine what the real >>filename is or which application created that file. >>Some of the files being copied were created from >>webpages saved from >>Safari, but most of them are text files created by Text Edit in its rtf mode >>(but >>without the extension .rtf). >>I never saw this error before I started using Lion. To make invisible files and folders visible the simplest way is to download a Dashboard widget that toggles invisibility off or on. Install it and you get a tiny window that says "Hidden Files" with a single button: Show. <http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/developer/hiddenfiles.html> Jane -- You received this message because you are a member of the iMac Group, a group for those using Apple iMacs and eMacs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to imaclist@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to imaclist+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/imaclist