Re: Which drive is a CD in?
Re: Which drive is a CD in?
- Subject: Re: Which drive is a CD in?
- From: Ruth Bygrave <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 11:21:29 +0100
On 20 May 2007, at 10:40, Matt Deatherage wrote:
OS-level identifiers like "disk2" or "disk1s9" or "uata/@0:0" don't
actually communicate information to most people, so Finder and iTunes
don't show them. Disk Utility does, as does the "diskutil" command-
line
utility. (You can't really imagine that a UI that hides filename
extensions by default is going to make room for Unix device names, can
you?)
<giggle>Well, maybe not (I don't like the hiding-extensions thing
much either -- it was the first thing I switched off in both XP and
OS X...)
2) I can figure out how to script 'make a new disc image' in Toast,
but I can't figure out at all how to make a copy as a disc image
based
on where it's mounted (I have two optical drives, several external
hard drives, and a floating population of Toast images.
Disambiguating
'copy this disc based on where the physical disc is' would be quite
useful).
I'll have to leave this to someone who has a current version of Toast,
but it appears this is just an extension of the first question -
determining what volume is mounted from a given device, or vice-versa.
This page isn't exactly on point but might help you some:
<http://www.shirt-pocket.com/forums/showthread.php?t=235>
Thanks -- that gives me a much better idea of where to start.
Finder, iTunes, and Toast do not display every bit of information they
have access to, whether you might find it useful or not. Hiding
things
like these that most users don't find useful, but making them
available
in utilities for those who do need them, is one of the guiding
principles of the human interface -- don't overload people with mostly
useless information. It sucks if *you're* the one who finds it
useful,
but it is there - just not where you'd prefer it.
Thanks -- I don't agree with Apple's UI on this one, but at least
it's consistent...
Regards, Ruth
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