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From: andyp@treehouse.UUCP (Andy Peterman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: Desktop Manager Limitations?
Message-ID: <625@treehouse.UUCP>
Date: 2 Nov 90 18:44:45 GMT
References: <1990Nov1.162055.21850@athena.mit.edu>
Organization: The Tree House
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In article <1990Nov1.162055.21850@athena.mit.edu> wkchan@athena.mit.edu (William K Chan) writes:
>
>I have one more question about DM which I find kind of important:
>
>   What is the largest folder (in number of files) that DM can handle
>   efficiently. ...
>   ...
>   big folder (the System Folder) making about 650 files.  Is there a
>   maximum number of files I should keep in one folder.  If there is, what
>   is a good way to solve my problem.

The Desktop Manager shouldn't care how many files are in a folder.  The
only information it keeps is on each application.  The current Finder
(pre-7.0), however, does seem to freak out at folders with this many
files.  I assume that the new 7.0 Finder fixes that problem. Unless you
need to access these files regularly, there really is no reasnonable
limit to the number of files in a folder.  If you do need to access
them, there are numerous Finder replacement applications and desk
accessories that can deal with large folders.

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