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schneb 10-20-2005 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by mclbruce
I guess I can turn this thread over to shneb and his theme crusade now.

Nah... already stormed the gates. They are too thick and I got a spinter. ;)

I mentioned this before, that there really should be two user folders, one for the User him/herself (empty, good place to put new folders) and a User System folder for Library, cache, bookmarks, address files, temps, and backup files by various applications. This is pretty much unseen by the average user.

mclbruce 10-20-2005 05:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Phil St. Romain
mclbruce, I hear you wanting things radically simplified for new users, and that makes sense. But sooner or later, if one is going to use a computer somewhat regularly, one will need to know how to make new folders and how to save files into them. In fact, knowing how to save a file to a certain location can be a big deal for new users. The bottom line, I guess, is that one just has to learn a few basic skills in order to make things work out the way you want.

It's mostly the old time Mac users that I notice having problems with the file structure in OS X. The new people and Windows transplants seem to have less trouble, although I did get an email problem the other day due to a Windows transplant moving a folder. For me, in general, the pattern holds that the longer a person has used a Mac casually, the harder time they have with some things in OS X. I'm excluding power users and professionals here.


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