> From: Dan Mitchell <danmitchell@xxxxxxxx>
>
> 1. Using Finder, is there any way to delete a file without sending
> it to
> the trash can that doesn't involve using 'rm' from a command window?
Not that I'm aware of. Is this a big problem?
The problem with "protect yourself from yourself work-arounds" is
that people begin to use them routinely, in which case, they lose the
"protect yourself from yourself" aspect.
If I have to go into Terminal, that means I REALLY want to do
something, rather than routinely holding down a couple extra keys,
then discovering too late that I REALLY didn't want to delete that file!
Do you have a reason for needing this, other than you were used to
having it under Windows?
> 2. General OS question -- how do I convince the 'force quit' list to
> update properly? If I'm using (say) VLC to play a video, and VLC locks
> up in such a way that 'force quit' doesn't work, then I can use 'kill
> -9' to kill it, but 'force quit's list still has VLC in there.
You don't have to do "kill -9". Do "force quit" from the Finder, and
if that doesn't work the first time, do it again. The first one does
a "kill -HUP" and the second one does a "kill -KILL" and will then
update itself.
> 3. How do I know when I'm allowed to use external USB storage
> devices?
> If I plug in a multi-card reader and try and copy files off it
> before <I
> know not what> is ready in the background, Finder locks up, and I have
> to do a hard power down to get things running again (see 5). If I
> connect the reader and wait a minute or so, I can copy files
> successfully.
I've not seen this one. If it shows up in the Finder, you can use it.
I routinely plug in USB storage devices and use them immediately, as
soon as they show up in the Finder.
You might try re-formating the USB device. It sounds like you have
some FAT-rot going on. (The standard MacOS X file system is
journaled, and rarely has problems, but USB storage devices are
unfortunately FAT-32, and prone to corruption.)
> 4. Is there any recommended way to improve stability when using USB
> storage? If I'm trying to copy a file and it locks up mid-way for
> whatever reason, I'm basically stuck...
See above. It sounds like your USB storage device has FAT-rot. Re-
format it. Not the Mac's fault that it has to deal with Windows file
system formats. Not even the Mac's fault if it deals with Windows
file system formats less gracefully than Windows does!
> 5. How do I restart Finder?
You can always restart it from the Dock, or double-click /System/
Library/Core Services/Finder .
> 6. Copying from DVD-roms, how do I convince Finder to copy files
> sequentially rather than in parallel?
Never heard of that. You haven't been loading up on third-party
utilities, have you? (A lot of Windows-converts think they have to do
that, and end up screwing up their system. :-)
Mine doesn't exhibit such behavior.
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