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In article <4ipqss$onr@taco.cc.ncsu.edu>, rkswamy@eos.ncsu.edu (Ravi
Krishna Swamy) wrote:

> In article <cirby-2003961220360001@pm2-03.magicnet.net>,
cirby@magicnet.net (Chad Irby) writes:
> 
> >Unix could be really fast, if you memorized the location of every file and
> >directory on your machine.  But once you get past that first thousand
> >files, it's not so easy.
> 
> Huh?  Why do you not have to memorize the location of every file
> and dir on your Mac?  Are we talking system files or your own
> personal files and apps?  If you're talking about system files
> then you're right to a certain extent.  For personal files, you'll
> still be clicking looking for the files just like cd'ing with
> a command line.  If you're going to use a GUI for file finding
> then I can use a text mode find command.  I *do* have all my
> directories memorized, but that's because I create them in a logical
> way and go to them all the time.  That doesn't mean that I can't
> use find and find my file just as fast as with a GUI find or
> clicking around looking for it.

There's another way on MacOS which is far easier. Put an alias of your
hard drive partitions in the Apple Menu and turn hierarchical menus on.
Then, you can immediately see all your choices at each level. You _will_
have to vaguely remember where things are, but you don't need to remember
the exact spelling. Often, I don't remember the file name I'm looking for,
but I remember that it's in the "Competition" subdirectory. One quick
mouse click and I see all the choices--usually enough to remind me of the
name.

-- 
Regards,       Joe Ragosta

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