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But you can have two windows open showing the same file. Which one is the real file? In the spatial Finder, a file could exist only once.
by jakobegger 12y ago
But you can have two windows open showing the same file. Which one is the real file? In the spatial Finder, a file could exist only once.
- wingerlang 12y agoIf I delete it in one of the windows it will be gone in the second one, I really don't see the issue/difference/problem here.
- welly 12y agoThey're both the real file. The file does exist only once. Are you saying in the spatial Finder you can't have duplicate views of a particular directory open? Or are you referring to the files themselves? So if you open up somephoto.jpg in Preview, you couldn't open it up a second time? I'm struggling to understand you here.
- joshuapants 12y agoThe behavior you're describing is the behavior of a browser. The parent post was talking about maintaining the desktop metaphor; my actual desk has one drawer with pens and sticky notes in it. I can't open another drawer that also has the exact same pens and sticky notes in it. I'm not necessarily siding with the parent post, but I think the point was fairly clear.
- welly 12y agoNow I've seen the video below, I understand the point. It's been a long, long time since I used earlier versions of MacOS and I was never a regular Mac user back then. I'm not sure if that was a better or less convenient method of browsing files. I can see the benefits of both Finders to be honest.
- hartator 12y agohttps://vimeo.com/7816626 https://vimeo.com/7816626