27 Nov
1998
27 Nov
'98
5:05 p.m.
As you can see by my previous messages, I don't know much about Macs.
Yet another question:
How do I copy a file from a floppy disk to the hard drive? I tried the
drag-and-drop like Windows, and the icon goes to the HD (desktop, or a
folder on the HD). I eject the disk, then double-click the icon to run the
program. It tells me to insert disk "Untitled" (that's what the disk
volume
is named). I insert the disk, and it runs the program off of the disk.
This gets a bit annoying after a while. I'm sure there's some way to copy
the files over to the HD, but how??
ThAnX,
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27 Nov
27 Nov
3:35 p.m.
How do I copy a file from a floppy disk to the hard
drive? I tried the
drag-and-drop like Windows, and the icon goes to the HD (desktop, or a
folder on the HD). I eject the disk, then double-click the icon to run the
program. It tells me to insert disk "Untitled" (that's what the disk
volume
is named). I insert the disk, and it runs the program off of the disk.
This gets a bit annoying after a while. I'm sure there's some way to copy
the files over to the HD, but how??
If you drag it from the floppy to the desktop the file is still on the
floppy, but it shows up on the desktop.
If you drag the file to another drive, or a folder inside that drive, that
should copy the file. After all M$ simply copied existing ideas. If that
doesn't work try holding down the shift key (I think that's the trick for
copying to different parts of the same drive).
Zane
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5:53 p.m.
On Fri, 27 Nov 1998, Zane H. Healy wrote:
If you drag the file to another drive, or a folder
inside that drive, that
should copy the file. After all M$ simply copied existing ideas. If that
Second that notion. You must copy from disk to disk. The desktop is
merely a common waiting room for things (or preferably their alias) you
use most often.
doesn't work try holding down the shift key (I
think that's the trick for
copying to different parts of the same drive).
Option key. Hold the option key and drag to copy from one disk or
partition to some other part of the same disk or partition. Two different
partitions even on the same physical disk act as if they are separate
disk drives.
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