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Re: Finder f*ck-ups
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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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