Mt Lion File system way different?

acme · 07-28-2012, 09:17 PM

Is the Mountain Lion file system of files and folders fundamentally different than in Lion and all OS X's prior to 10.8?

a

DeltaMac · 07-28-2012, 09:27 PM

No
What leads you to think there would be differences in the directory structure?

acme · 07-28-2012, 10:43 PM

I had heard a part of a conversation that there are no longer folders the user sets up, but simply one big spot for, say, photos and the idea is to use an app, like iPhoto, to make sense of them all.

I take it the OS X folder metaphor remains as was?

a

NaOH · 07-28-2012, 10:52 PM

The OS X file/folder metaphor remains. On OS X. Where there is a difference, vaguely in line with what you heard, is when saving documents from within Mountain Lion to iCloud. But what you heard is not an accurate description, even if we limit our focus to saving files in (on?) iCloud.

I'll turn it over to the John Siracusa review for more depth. This page should cover what you'll want to know:

http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/07...icloud-and-you

ganbustein · 07-29-2012, 03:22 AM

You might have heard someone talking about the "All My Files" view. (In Finder, Go→All My Files, or ⇧⌘F, or click on the "All My Files" sidebar item if you haven't deleted it.) This is a consolidated view of all the files in your home folder without regard to which folder they're in. Instead, you can arrange items by kind, by application, by time, by size, etc.

But this is only an alternate view of your files. Files are still arranged in folders, and you can still view them that way. Even in this view, if you have the path bar showing (View→Show Path Bar), then every time you click on an item it'll show you where it really is in the folder hierarchy.

Or you may have heard someone talking about Spotlight, which lets you easily find a file even if you forget where you put it. With Spotlight, you don't have to plan ahead about where you'll put new documents.

But neither of these features is new with Mountain Lion. "All My Files" showed up in Lion, and Spotlight got fast enough to be useful with Leopard. If this was really a new-with-Mountain-Lion feature you were hearing about, it was probably iCloud. Even then, it's only in the cloud that the top level of your folder hierarchy is the application. There's no change to the way non-iCloud files are stored on your Mac.

acme · 07-29-2012, 11:36 AM

thanks for that clarification...waiting for the right moment to upgrade at least one of my machines to Mt. Lion.

the geek in me wants to right now; the adult in me wants to avoid anything gnarly.

Sandman619 · 07-30-2012, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by acme


	thanks for that clarification...waiting for the right moment to upgrade at least one of my machines to Mt. Lion. the geek in me wants to right now; the adult in me wants to avoid anything gnarly.

Upgrade to OS X.8 MLion, smoothest OS upgrade yet

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07-28-2012, 09:27 PM	#2
DeltaMac League Commissioner Join Date: Jan 2002 Posts: 7,955	No What leads you to think there would be differences in the directory structure?

07-28-2012, 10:43 PM	#3
acme MVP Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,684	I had heard a part of a conversation that there are no longer folders the user sets up, but simply one big spot for, say, photos and the idea is to use an app, like iPhoto, to make sense of them all. I take it the OS X folder metaphor remains as was? a

07-28-2012, 10:52 PM	#4
NaOH Hall of Famer Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 3,642	The OS X file/folder metaphor remains. On OS X. Where there is a difference, vaguely in line with what you heard, is when saving documents from within Mountain Lion to iCloud. But what you heard is not an accurate description, even if we limit our focus to saving files in (on?) iCloud. I'll turn it over to the John Siracusa review for more depth. This page should cover what you'll want to know: http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/07...icloud-and-you

07-29-2012, 03:22 AM	#5
ganbustein MVP Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Berkeley CA USA Posts: 1,009	You might have heard someone talking about the "All My Files" view. (In Finder, Go→All My Files, or ⇧⌘F, or click on the "All My Files" sidebar item if you haven't deleted it.) This is a consolidated view of all the files in your home folder without regard to which folder they're in. Instead, you can arrange items by kind, by application, by time, by size, etc. But this is only an alternate view of your files. Files are still arranged in folders, and you can still view them that way. Even in this view, if you have the path bar showing (View→Show Path Bar), then every time you click on an item it'll show you where it really is in the folder hierarchy. Or you may have heard someone talking about Spotlight, which lets you easily find a file even if you forget where you put it. With Spotlight, you don't have to plan ahead about where you'll put new documents. But neither of these features is new with Mountain Lion. "All My Files" showed up in Lion, and Spotlight got fast enough to be useful with Leopard. If this was really a new-with-Mountain-Lion feature you were hearing about, it was probably iCloud. Even then, it's only in the cloud that the top level of your folder hierarchy is the application. There's no change to the way non-iCloud files are stored on your Mac.

07-29-2012, 11:36 AM	#6
acme MVP Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,684	thanks for that clarification...waiting for the right moment to upgrade at least one of my machines to Mt. Lion. the geek in me wants to right now; the adult in me wants to avoid anything gnarly.