At 2:13 AM -0700 on 12/22/05, Ron 'Hollywood' Parro wittily wrote:
>Just one more before Christmas.
>
>When I was administering a large Mac network at a newspaper I had a
>little utility that I was sure was the most important thing on my
>computer(s).
>
>The utility was Directory Assistance from Symantec. They quit
>supporting it about three system upgrades before my current 9.x but it
>still works. I looked hard for a replacement but couldn't find one.
>
>The utility showed up in every 'Open' and 'Save' dialogue screen and
>did wonderful things. You had several options to change the order
>folders, documents and drives appeared in: By date, by size, by name,
>etc . . . You could also make a list of favorite documents or folders
>that were always there to go to. You could change the number of 'last
>used' documents and folders at will. You could delete, duplicate and
>find from that same dialogue window in any application.
>
>I think the best thing it did was let you put the folders first or last
>in the list. (I tried in OS 10.3 but I changed the finder windows only
>and didn't find an option to show the list by date nor the dialogues in
>any other program.)
>
>So is there anything that sweet, and simple, for OS 10? I'm spending a
>lot of time moving around on the desktop looking for stuff and finding
>places to put stuff.
>
>Ron 'Hollywood' Parro ;>{) http://www.greality.com/Hollywood/
>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can
>change the world; indeed it's the only thing that ever has."
> - Margaret Mead (1901-1978), American Anthropologist.
>
>Ron 'Hollywood' Parro ;>{) http://www.greality.com/Hollywood/
>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can
>change the world; indeed it's the only thing that ever has."
> - Margaret Mead (1901-1978), American Anthropologist.
>
>--
Two things, Symantec stopped supporting anything that was useful {Symantec
AntiVirus is NOT useful} or what they had that was useful won't work anymore.
:-}
The good news is that there is something that I know has a OS X version, and
it is shareware, check out Default Folder by St. Clair Software.
<http://www.stclairsoft.com/Main/download.html>
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Blessings,
Denny
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