yeah I was. I'll take that in to consideraton and try it when I get th echance.
S On Jul 1, 2010, at 11:13 AM, Tinker Tweak wrote: > Respectfully . Maybe you were moving files or folders from one drive > letter to another. So if that were the case, then the time to move will be > the same as in copying. But when you only move files and folders to a > different location but within the same drive, then it will only take a few > seconds. I just verifyed this using windows 7 andwindows xp moving 13.7 gb > of mp3 files. > > > Vic > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Sarah Alawami > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 1:14 PM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: How do you drag a file or folder from one location to another? > > Not in my case. I moved 4 gigs of stuff and it took almosst 3 to 54 minutes > or there abouts to do it. I was timing it. and this was on a windows > machine. > > there might be a different thing for the mac but yeah. > > S > On Jul 1, 2010, at 7:48 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: > >> When you move a file, the computer just changes info stored on the drive > about where the file is stored. It doesn't have to spend time actually > making another copy. That's why people want to move instead of copy. Copying > a 1GB folder takes as long as is required to copy 1GB of data. Moving a 1GB > folder is almost instant. >> >> Bryan >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Teresa Cochran >> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 10:53 AM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: How do you drag a file or folder from one location to > another? >> >> When dragging and dropping, aren't you just copying and pasting anyhow? If > one were to compare what is actually happening with the files, wouldn't it > take just as long to drag and drop a 1-gig file as copying and pasting it? >> >> Teresa >> On Jun 30, 2010, at 6:17 AM, John J Herzog wrote: >> >>> Hi Teresa, >>> I wanted to comment on your suggestion that it is easier to copy and > paste versus drag and drop. I'm afraid that, for time reasons alone, drag > and drop would be far more useful than copying and pasting currently is. > When you drag and drop something from one place to another, it is almost > instantaneous. By contrast, copying something that is multiple gigabytes, > like an Itunes library for instance, takes quite a while. So, for time sake > alone, dragging and dropping would be a far easier method of moving things > from one spot to another, if only we could utilize it. >>> Now, however, you have to copy something to a new location, remembering, > of course, to delete the previous one if you don't want it any longer, which > takes a good amount of time. For this reason, I wish drag and drop would be > implemented in voiceover. > >>> >>> John >>> >>> On Jun 30, 2010, at 8:38 AM, Teresa Cochran wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Now that I think of it, I do remember asking myself if I could live > without a "cut" feature as I looked at some Mac tutorials. So I actually > knew about that one going in. I figure if I wasn't happy with a basic > feature of an OS, I wouldn't use the OS. > >>>> >>>> As for dragging and dropping, it might be a good idea to know how to do > it, but probably in the same way that it's a good idea to know how to make > bricks. You just might use it someday, but if there's a simpler way to do > it, chances are you'll mostly use that instead. >>>> >>>> Teresa >>>> On Jun 30, 2010, at 3:46 AM, Kaare Dehard wrote: >>>> >>>>> there used to be, an probably still is an automator work flow that used > to simulate drag, drop and remove. This unavailability of cut at the os > level has probably saved a number of tech support reps irate phonecalls and > is not likely to go awyay... >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> Kaare. >>>>> On 2010-06-30, at 3:30 AM, Cody Hurst wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> this is strange, I think someone on here said they used it in >>>>>> leopard. I wonder if there is a setting that needs to be changed why > would it work on one machine and not another On Jun 29, 2010, at 8:37 PM, > Teresa Cochran wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> How odd. I've used the copy and paste commands numerous times to move > applications from the downloads folder to the apps folder. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Teresa >>>>>>> On Jun 29, 2010, at 5:28 PM, Chris Moore wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Such a basic function, even Win-doze can do it. What were Apple > thinking of? >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Do they not think we can be trusted with a virtual pair of >>>>>>>> scissors? (frown) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Apart from scripts, I wonder if there are any hacks to override >>>>>>>> this. G-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r- On 30 Jun 2010, at 01:18, Chuck > Reichel wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi Chris, >>>>>>>>> I have Apple care on my mac pro Quad core and have been asking them > when drag and drop would be fixed in Snow Leopard. >>>>>>>>> It works on my g5 box with Leopard thats why I brought it to there > attention. >>>>>>>>> They said that they are working on it! >>>>>>>>> Talk soon >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On Jun 29, 2010, at 7:23 PM, Chris Moore wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> I had never noticed this problem before as I just used the mouse > in the past to drag and drop, now I can't see to use the mouse. So I tried > to use command + x to cut and no joy. However, cut works in text edit etc. > I have sent a message to Apple asking about this, will let you know if they > come back with anything constructive. Anyone else who has this issue, then > please send an email to Apple too. >>>>>>>>>> On 29 Jun 2010, at 22:21, rossy wrote: >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> hi , >>>>>>>>>>> if it can help you here you can find the script move file . >>>>>>>>>>> this helps for the cut and paste . >>>>>>>>>>> http://www.universalaccess.it/script-english/ >>>>>>>>>>> let us know if you need help . >>>>>>>>>>> rossy >>>>>>>>>>> www.universalaccess.it >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Il giorno 29/giu/2010, alle ore 17.16, Alfredo ha scritto: >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> How to you drag a file or folder from one folder to another? >>>>>>>>>>>> I know this can be done, as it is in the starting guide but I >>>>>>>>>>>> did not understand how to do this. 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