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From: pv0b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Pomona Anupol Valero)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.comm
Subject: Re: How to use "Public Folder"
Message-ID: <8boZkFC00WAJIVCG00@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 4 Mar 91 14:39:13 GMT
References: <1991Mar2.190020.20701@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
Organization: Class of '91, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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In-Reply-To: <1991Mar2.190020.20701@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>

Hi there...

I've used Public Folder quite a few times, it's ok.  Basically all
you're really doing is eliminating the use of a floppy disk for
transferring files.  It's pretty easy, let's say the files you want to
share are kept in the folder that you call "Public" on Mac #1 [m1] and
Mac #2 [m2] what's to access that file.  m2 would then go to the chooser
menu and should see at least 2 icons, one for the printer and one for
Public Folder, click on the latter.  The rest should be straightforward,
what essentially happens is that m2 copies over the file to its
harddrive.  So you're not really "sharing files."

Personally, I didn't like using Public Folder, you then get more than
one copy of a file and then have more than one person working on it.  It
gets pretty confusing to know which or who's got the current file.

Hope this helps,
Pomona Valero
Carnegie Mellon University