Look carefully, they are both FileReferences, the UI is different.

Also, explore the difference between the working directory and the image 
directory:

FileLocator workingDirectory absolutePath.

FileLocator imageDirectory absolutePath.

The working directory depends on how the image was launched. Check out 
FileLocator for other well-known locations.

> On 24 May 2021, at 18:39, David Pennington <da...@totallyobjects.com> wrote:
> 
> Sorry yes, I gave you the screen shots without the code.
> 
> In V 9.0 if I execute the following
> 
> | working stream |
> working := FileSystem disk workingDirectory
> 
> I get an Inspector on /Users/davidpennington. (Not a File~Reference)
> 
> In V 8.0 I get an Inspector on a FileReference 
> (/Users/davidpennington/Documents/Pharo/images/Pharo 8.0 - 64bit (stable)).
> 
> As my database relies on disk paths, this is going to create a difference 
> between the two versions which surely should not be so.
> 
> 
>> On 24 May 2021, at 16:38, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 24 May 2021, at 15:06, David Pennington <da...@totallyobjects.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> OK, I have V9.0 working. The performance difference is amazing on an 
>>> Inspect. V8.0 - 3 seconds to respond - V9 - almost instantaneous.
>> 
>> good to know. 
>> Now we prefer to work with the slow version (old OS) because they kick us to 
>> pay attention to speed. 
>> Pharo 90 got many speed up improvements too. 
>> 
>>> I have got caught up in a simple file operation - I am trying to rename a 
>>> file and `I have come u with the following difference.
>> 
>> I do not get what is the error. 
>> Do you have a script to reproduce it. 
>> We can only fix what we can reproduce. 
>> 
>> S. 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Version 8.0
>>> <v8.0.png>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Version 9.0
>>> 
>>> <v9.0.png>
>>> 
>>> So V 9 is different from V 8.0
>>> 
>>> Is there a fix for this?
>>> 
>>> David
>>> 
>>>> On 24 May 2021, at 12:18, Guillermo Polito <guillermopol...@gmail.com> 
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Zeroconf should download the M1 vm, buy the pharo launcher does not 
>>>> support that yet.
>>>> 
>>>> El lun., 24 may. 2021 13:16, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr> 
>>>> escribió:
>>>> is your machine a M1?
>>>> If this is the case check the email that were sent on how to get the VM.
>>>> 
>>>> S. 
>>>> 
>>>>> On 23 May 2021, at 11:54, da...@totallyobjects.com wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thank you. I t honk that I have it but how do I know if I have the M1 vm? 
>>>>> How do I integrate it with Pharo launcher? 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sent from my Huawei tablet
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -------- Original Message --------
>>>>> Subject: [Pharo-users] Re: New VM, how do I get it
>>>>> From: Stéphane Ducasse 
>>>>> To: Any question about pharo is welcome 
>>>>> CC: 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> David 
>>>>> 
>>>>> There is no magic. 
>>>>> You should also consider that pharo-ui is a shell script and that you can 
>>>>> also read it and learn. 
>>>>> The vm is an executable and it needs an image and it cannot guess where 
>>>>> you put it. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> S. 
>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 22 May 2021, at 18:38, David Pennington <da...@totallyobjects.com> 
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> <pharo.png>
>>>>> 
>>>>> --------------------------------------------
>>>>> Stéphane Ducasse
>>>>> http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr / http://www.pharo.org 
>>>>> 03 59 35 87 52
>>>>> Assistant: Aurore Dalle 
>>>>> FAX 03 59 57 78 50
>>>>> TEL 03 59 35 86 16
>>>>> S. Ducasse - Inria
>>>>> 40, avenue Halley, 
>>>>> Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza
>>>>> Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650
>>>>> France
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --------------------------------------------
>>>> Stéphane Ducasse
>>>> http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr / http://www.pharo.org 
>>>> 03 59 35 87 52
>>>> Assistant: Aurore Dalle 
>>>> FAX 03 59 57 78 50
>>>> TEL 03 59 35 86 16
>>>> S. Ducasse - Inria
>>>> 40, avenue Halley, 
>>>> Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza
>>>> Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650
>>>> France
>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
>> --------------------------------------------
>> Stéphane Ducasse
>> http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr / http://www.pharo.org 
>> 03 59 35 87 52
>> Assistant: Aurore Dalle 
>> FAX 03 59 57 78 50
>> TEL 03 59 35 86 16
>> S. Ducasse - Inria
>> 40, avenue Halley, 
>> Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza
>> Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650
>> France
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