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the nice thing that Windows allows you to do is open folders up in the same window instead of each of it own windows

If you play around in OSX a bit more, you'll find this option for Finder.

It's funny even Apple advocates the use of shell utilities for file management.

But the drilling down problem with OS X is a non-issue, at least in 10.3, the first tab of Finder preferences allows you to turn off the "open everything in a new window" shit. I just wish it was that easy in the last version of Gnome I used.

EDIT: kitsune beat me to the punch on the Finder option!

Sorry about that, Grant. I have an itchy trigger finger, today.

Honestly, though, my move to OS X wasn't a smooth one. I knew enough Unix-like commands to get around in the shell, but the OS X GUI was pretty new to me. Having someone sit down and show me how to get around helped a lot because a lot of my tendencies to try to treat it like Windows were catching me on little snags and it got to be kind of frustrating.

Here is my one of my current frustrations in Windows file management -- anyone have a simple solution to this one?

Doing a file copy, let's say you get a lot of "file already exists". Your options are as follows to "Would you like to overwrite?": "Yes to All", "Yes", "No", "Cancel"

Sadly, there never has been a "No to All", so if you're copying thousands of files into a dir and have possibly hundreds of dupes, you get to spend your hours clicking away. If you do it via command line, you'll never find out which files were duped. How the hell do you get around this?

I don't even want to start on how to massively rename files. Grr.

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

If you play around in OSX a bit more, you'll find this option for Finder.

Sweet! Didn't even look. I mean, after all this time, I figured why bother.

BTW, Found this by accident. Here's a good before and after shot.

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

Sadly, there never has been a "No to All", so if you're copying thousands of files into a dir and have possibly hundreds of dupes, you get to spend your hours clicking away. If you do it via command line, you'll never find out which files were duped. How the hell do you get around this?

A google search of windows file copy "no to all" revealed the following:

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Just Say No to All

Every time you move or copy files from one folder to another, Windows checks the target folder for files that have the same names as those you are copying. If it finds a duplicate name, it asks whether you want to overwrite the file in the target folder. When more than one file is selected, your choices are 'Yes' (overwrite just this file), 'Yes to All' (overwrite all files with matching names), 'No' (don't overwrite this file), and 'Cancel' (stop the whole process now). If you click 'Yes' or 'No', you will see the same prompt for each duplicate that Windows finds. If you're just resuming an interrupted download from a server, you can click 'Yes to All' to overwrite everything and save yourself some clicks. But this approach slows down the process as Windows overwrites files you downloaded previously. Why not just say 'No to All'?

Burak Gül of Eskisehir, Turkey, has the solution. To say 'No to All', simply hold down Shift as you click No. Windows will move or copy all files except those with duplicate names in the target folder. Note that if you move or copy folders as well as files, you still get at least one prompt for folders and another for files when duplicate names are found.

YMMV.

THANK YOU PIE!!! :maximum smilies:

Pie, you are my hero for today.

Damn, and I knew that one too! Oh well, I can be your hero another day I guess.

Yippee! Somebody found me useful.

My work here is done. :)

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Originally Posted by Kitsune

I don't even want to start on how to massively rename files. Grr.

If you're talking about OS X and don't mind a console utility I'll put together a script real quick tomorrow morning (no access to a unix box until then). I did this for someone on linuxquestions.org forums but I can't seem to find it anymore.

I probably know what you want already but if you give a couple examples that will make sure you get it how you want it.