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From: andrew@jhereg.osa.com (Andrew C. Esh)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system
Subject: Re: MFS folders (was Re: Tell me:  what was System 1.0 like?)
Message-ID: <1991May20.220318.18876@jhereg.osa.com>
Date: 20 May 91 22:03:18 GMT
References: <5106@dirac.physics.purdue.edu>
Sender: Andrew C. Esh
Organization: Open Systems Architects, Inc., Mpls, MN
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In article <5106@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> sho@gibbs.physics.purdue.edu (Sho Kuwamoto) writes:
>
>Now that I think about it, I think I'd be happier if it gave you the
>option of moving or copying when you drag a file from one disk to
>another.  
>
>   "You've just dragged the file 'Hitler' from disk 'Hell' to
>    disk 'Purgatory.'  Would you like to move it or just make a
>    duplicate copy?"
>
>-Sho
>-- 
>sho@physics.purdue.edu <<-- when I grow up, I want to be a
>                            user-interface policeman.

But you do have the "Option" to copy instead of move. Hold down the option
key as you drag the files to the destination, and they will be copied. The
"Files to be Copied" dialog comes up just like it does when the files are
going to another disk. Have fun.
-- 
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