OS X V10.7 Lion :: Move A Folder With Its Contents?
Mar 17, 2012how do I move a folder with its contents? I can copy them but not move them.Intel iMac running latest Lion.
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iMac intel, Mac OS X (10.5.6)
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OS X V10.7 Lion :: Folder Not Showing All Contents (but Contents Are In Fact There)
Mar 12, 2012I'm running Lion on an 27" iMac (first i7 iteration), and have a folder on an external HDD that contains a couple of hundred subfolders.Â
However - when viewing them in Finder, only the first hundred or so display.Â
The others are there - searching the disc finds the folders and their contents and, once, the contents are located, they'll display in the expanded view.Â
I copied the offending folder across to the Mac's main HD, but this behaviour came across with it. This, by the way, was happening on Snow Leopard too before I upgraded to Lion.Â
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iMac, Windows 7
OS X V10.7 Lion :: The Folder Can't Be Opened Because You Don't Have Permission To See Its Contents
Mar 28, 2012I get this error when ever I try and map to any NAS drive on my network. I thought MACS where supposed to be easy to work with? I have tried everything I could think of.
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OsX Lion 10.7.3, iMac i5
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.3)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: No Longer Move Program Icons From Applications Folder To A Sub Folder
Jun 11, 2012After installing Lion, I can no longer move program icons from my applications folder to a sub folder. When I do, it makes a copy and leave the original in the applications folder. When I then try to delete the icon in the applications folder it tells me it's required by the OS and won't let me delete. I'm forced to keep certan applications such as Time Machine and Stickies in the application folder.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Cannot Move More Then 128 Files At A Time From Folder To Folder
Jun 8, 2012This is a recent occurrence i ust to be able to move hundreds at once?why this changed and what di I do about it?
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I Mac, Mac OS X (10.5.1)
Software :: Copy Folder Deletes Original Folder Contents THEN Copies New Ones
Oct 29, 2008I've come across a strange behaviour of Finder when copying a folder over another with the same name. I'm using 10.4.11.
Say I have a folder named "Test" and it contains "File1" and "File2" and I copy it over another folder named "Test", which contains "File3" and "File4".
After copying I would expect folder "Test" to contain all four files, but it doesn't! It will only contain the two that I copied over, the original two will be deleted.
Is there any way to have finder replace files of the same name when copying and retain all other files in the destination folder?
Before:
/Test/File3, File4After:
/Test/File1, File2Desired:
/Test/File1, File2, File3, File4
OS X V10.6 Snow Leopard :: How To Copy The Folder Structure Without The Folder Contents
Apr 28, 2012I would like to create an archive of important application installers and I will sync the contents between two systems MacPro and Macbook Pro.Â
I need to pull the names of the application/developers from somewhere so I figured I would use the Application Support directory.Â
So I need a way to copy this directories folder structure without any of the file contents. Is there an easy way to do this. I found a post with an Automator script but the link is dead [URL]
I also found this post that refers to doing it in terminal but since it is the app support directory I am wary to do this as I am not familiar with terminal at all and I am not clear on what exactly to write in the old_dir / new_dir section. I figure it would be something like this /Library/Application Support but I dont want to make a mistake.Â
Here is the Terminal command:
cd old_dir
find . -type d -depth -print | cpio -pd new_dir Â
[URL]
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Macbook Pro 2.3 ghz, Mac OS X (10.6.6)
MacBook Pro :: Move All Contents To The New 15"?
Feb 29, 2012I just purchased a new MacBook Pro 15 inch. I do have all the update on the old MB. How can I move all elements of the old MB to the New MB. I purchased the OS Lion would I have to make another purchase to update the new computerÂ
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MacBook Pro (15-inch 2.4/2.2 GHz), Mac OS X (10.6.8)
OS X V10.7 Lion :: IMac Keeps Freezing When Try To Move A Folder Or File?
May 19, 2012My Finder on my iMac keeps freezing when I try to move a folder or file, or when I try to empty the trash can. I have tried to Force Quit Finder, but when I do it does not start back up and I have to manually turn the computer off with the power button.
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iMac, Mac OS X (10.7.2), iPhoto 11
OS X :: No Contents In Headers - Unable To Delete / Move Mail
Jul 17, 2009I have a problem with my inbox, seems its corrupted in some way. I can see the headers, but no contents, cant delete or move message. All other folders seem Ok. Its from a POP3 mailbox where the originals are deleted off the server when downloaded so I'd prefer to try and recover it but I can live with losing the contents if necessary. Any ideas? Is there a tool or way to repair? I have Time Machine but I doubt the TM backup will have caught these files between them being downloaded (they came in one batch) and being corrupted as it was only a few minutes. Not sure how I could tell if TM did catch them either. TM did recover them, now I just need to work out how to empty the inbox of the corrupt messages. Worst case I can create a new email account but I'd rather not as configuring it was troublesome. Mailbox > rebuild, then move the messages from the TM mail recovered folder back to inbox.
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MacBook Pro, MC313
OS X V10.7 Lion :: How To Move AppStore Stuff To User Application Folder
Jun 24, 2012I have set up my mom with an older Macbook Pro of mine to save her from the evils of the PC. I set up two users, one for her and one for me; hers is uber simple (big icons, only the essentials in the doc) mine is crazy complicated. We share apps, of course, which was fine until I realized she is going to want to download Mah Jongg game apps and the like from the App Store, and I would LOVE it if I didn't have to have all that cluttering up the root Applications folder. I already tried to move one app from root to her user's Applications folder and all that moved was an alias, the app stayed at root. So how does one move these things? Is there a way via the finder? Can I use terminal.
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)
MobileMe :: Any Way To Move Contents Of IDisk Directly To Documents In Cloud?
May 29, 2012Losing iDisk really stinks. What, exactly, are we paying for with the "cloud"? The iDisk was the only thing I really used except for e-mail, which is available free. Anyway, enough griping. Is there a way to move the contents of iDisk directly to the "documents in the cloud" feature?
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Mac mini
OS X V10.7 Lion :: Why Doesn't The Original Document That Dragging And Dropping From One Folder To Another Move
May 13, 2012Why doesn't the original document I'm dragging and dropping from one folder to another move? What's happening is the computer is creating a duplicte of the document and placing it in the new location with a new creation date. The original document I wanted to drag and drop into a new location remains where it started as the "original" document and the new copy has this little arrow protruding up from the lower left of its icon. At first I thought it was an alias, but it's a copy of the document I thought I was dragging and dropping.Â
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2), 20" Apple Cinema Screen, Safari 5.Mail, Address Book 5.
MobileMe :: Why Not Have Apple Move All IDisk Contents Automatically Or By Request To ICloud
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.4.8), Use laptop at wifi hotspots
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MacBook Pro :: Cannot Find The Folder Or It's NB Contents Anywhere
Jun 7, 2012I had created 3 personal folders In my Home folder. I then created a new folder called "active folder" and dragged these 3 folders inside, removing them from the Home folder. I then dragged my newly created folder "Active Folder" to the Sidebar of the finder. When I had closed finder and reopened it - the "active Folder" folder was unable to open. A friend tried to help- dragged "active folder" off the sidebar.. and it disappeared with a cloud effect. I cant find that folder or its NB contents anywhere?
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MacBook Pro, Mac OS X(10.6.2), 2.5 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
OS X :: How To Print A List Of Folder Contents With All Attributes?
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2) I eject of macpro the 1tb, and erase and install leopard again 500gb, when done... oh now great folders content load well! so I insert the 2nd hd 1tb... everything well for 1 day... now I feel again a delay on load folders! But this time is not 9 seconds! is around 2 or 3!
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OS X :: Print Out Text File With The Contents Of Folder?
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Imac
Applications :: Unable To Download Anything / Cannot Change The Contents Of The Folder
Jan 25, 2009I upgraded the hard drive in my iMac to a larger one and upgraded to Leopard. Now every time I try to download something I get this message:
/Users//barrydunlap/Desktop/4tvmS0Z1.exe.part could not be saved, because you cannot change the contents of that folder.
Change the folder properties and try again, or try saving in a different location.I have changed the download location multiple times but no help.
OS X :: Time Machine Restores The Top Level Folder Without It's Contents?
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And sometimes when I restore a single file, it asks for my admin password.
I've repaired permissions across both my external HD and my internal one.
I've re-installed, and restored the OS, from a back-up.
Problem is that, Time Machine works fine for other accounts.
OS X :: Showing Folder Contents In List View Automatically?
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