Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!midway!midway.uchicago.edu!francis From: francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu (Francis Stracke) Subject: Re: Finder 7.0 overwrite warnings (and a different Trash complaint) In-Reply-To: oleary@ux.acs.umn.edu's message of 8 Jun 91 17: 54:14 GMT Message-ID: Sender: news@midway.uchicago.edu (NewsMistress) Organization: Mathematics Department, University of Chicago References: <1991Jun7.120457.6516@ulrik.uio.no> <4082@ux.acs.umn.edu> Date: Sun, 9 Jun 1991 03:33:17 GMT In article <4082@ux.acs.umn.edu> oleary@ux.acs.umn.edu (Doc O'Leary) writes: >And, hey, while I'm complaining, why is it that, when I'm trying to copy >files onto a floppy and there isn't enough room without emptying the trash, >the files in the HD's trash get deleted too? This is very unintuitive, since I suppose Apple decided, for the benefit of ultra-novices, that trash should be trash--if you empty it, it all goes, no matter where it came from. After all, you can't see the difference if you open it up, right? -- /============================================================================\ | Francis Stracke | My opinions are my own. I don't steal them.| | Department of Mathematics |=============================================| | University of Chicago | Earth: Love it or leave it. | | francis@zaphod.uchicago.edu | | \============================================================================/