Re: Finder f*ck-ups
Re: Finder f*ck-ups
- Subject: Re: Finder f*ck-ups
- From: Martin Orpen <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 19:51:40 +0100
On 18 Aug 2005, at 19:24, Matt Deatherage wrote:
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On 8/18/05 at 11:57 AM, Martin Orpen <email@hidden> wrote:
I've got no problem with *copy protection* but having files disappear
from the Finder windows indicates some pretty pathetic programming
from Apple.
And, having written a program the size and scope of the Finder that
must run on all systems at all times, you know this from personal
experience?
ROTFL. Hey is your dad bigger than my dad too?
I call files disappearing before your eyes "pathetic". I call
undocumented changes that can screw your scripts and apps "pathetic"
too.
<http://bugreporter.apple.com/> if you can reproduce it, especially
if it actually has something to do with AppleScript.
(No, you don't have to be a top-class programmer to qualify to find
and report a bug in the Finder, but if you're going to accuse the
programmers or the company of being "pathetic" or exercising
deliberate malfeasance, then have some evidence to back your claims
or STFU.)
Maybe you can put the problem into words for me then - as my Xcode
apps haven't gotten anywhere near the size of the Finder yet.
Put a DVD in your drive and copy the VIDEO_TS folder to your hard
disk. You'll find that some disks will copy. Others won't -
especially those that are Region 1. You get a "Don't have sufficient
privileges error" or "some data could not be read or written (-36)".
Click on a the VOB data on a disk that won't copy and you'll find
that the files disappear before your eyes.
Put the troublesome disk in a Mac running Panther and everything
works as expected.
I've tested this on a couple of G4s and 2 G5s and with internal and
external DVD drives before posting - but what do I know as your
obviously the expert around here... be sure to post back if you've
got something useful to say - or just STFU...
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Martin Orpen
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