f*** you os x
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- Meeklo0
turns out it was a key combo to play a damn slideshow out of some spotlight search results. there was only 1 item so it opened the slideshow and didn't have the controls for the thing, so i was stuck with no way out. still... damn you apple, damn you.
jpea
(Oct 12 06, 14:36)so it was a user mistake then..
- modern0
No such thing as open/closed Apple key.
Its just called the Command key now.
- rafalski0
fuck fuck fuck!!!!!
I want to copy a bunch of files and the operation fails because one of the files is 'locked'!! It is my computer, my picture, I have administrator privileges, and I can't budge an image!!!
The image is deep in a project folder and copying everything around it will be a hassle. Finder stops the whole copy operation because it can't skip a single file wtf???!!
- rafalski0
unlocked.. cool down, breathe.. rant over
- ********0
fucking n00bs
- rafalski0
but Jens, do I have to know unix sorcery to unlock a whole tree of files without treating them individually?
- rafalski0
no, seriously.. is there a simple way to unlock all files in a whole tree of folders? again, there's a file that is unlocked somewhere in the docs and I don't even know where it is, finder just canceled copying instead of asking me if I wanted to skip the fusking file. that's just ridiculous.
I've been trying to copy a lot of files to my ipod and I have no idea why can't I just drag and drop..is there a total commander edition for mac?
- ********0
get info on the file/folder and change the permissions. done
- skelly0
yeah... i was trying to copy a folder filled with folders filled with folders filled with hundreds of files. and at like 90% i get some message about a filename being too long and it just cancels!
couldn't even give me a hint as to what file was the problem, or the option to skip it!
- skelly0
i feel your pain raf.
- ********0
also remember to repair permissions with Disk utility, that helps too
- ********0
all rise for the honourable Kernel Panic.
horton
(Oct 12 06, 10:18)+1
- rafalski0
thanks Jens, that's what I did, I mean, I checked&unchecked the parent folder's 'locked' checkbox, also applied permissions to be sure. strangely, it didn't work for the first time.
I just didn't know if it worked on the whole folder tree - it's nicely intuitive in windows, the checkbox is ticked in grey to show that something somewhere in subfolders is locked.
I repaired permissions with onyx first, it's one of the first things on a noob first aid list :)
- ribit0
FileXaminer is quite good:
http://www.versiontracker.com/dy…Was about to buy it, but I keep finding that the Finder can actually do most of the advancedstuff IF you read the Help/dig around a bit to see how its done..