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Michelle York
I posted this on the general office newsgroup, but it seems to be a dead
group the last few days. So hopefully someone here can give me some
feedback:
I believe that this is actually an Apple question, but I'm sure that there's
an Office user that might know the answer to it also. I use a flash drive
to store most of my work-related documents on. That way, I have them when
I'm at school (on a Windows XP computer) and at home on my Mac OS 10.3.9. I
try to occasionally back-up my flash drive by dragging it's contents to my
Mac. Copying in this direction USUALLY retains the appropriate modification
date.
However, if I move things from the Mac to the USB drive (I occasionally make
changes to a file on the Mac when my flashdrive isn't handy), the
modification date changes to the copy/move date. Is there a way around
this? It alters the information about the file and sometimes makes a
version look newer than another version of a document. When in reality,
it¹s older--it¹s just been moved/copied and the date changed.
I often move things back and forth for backup purposes, but if it keeps
changing the dates on it¹s own, it¹s impossible to tell which is REALLY the
most current copy/version.
group the last few days. So hopefully someone here can give me some
feedback:
I believe that this is actually an Apple question, but I'm sure that there's
an Office user that might know the answer to it also. I use a flash drive
to store most of my work-related documents on. That way, I have them when
I'm at school (on a Windows XP computer) and at home on my Mac OS 10.3.9. I
try to occasionally back-up my flash drive by dragging it's contents to my
Mac. Copying in this direction USUALLY retains the appropriate modification
date.
However, if I move things from the Mac to the USB drive (I occasionally make
changes to a file on the Mac when my flashdrive isn't handy), the
modification date changes to the copy/move date. Is there a way around
this? It alters the information about the file and sometimes makes a
version look newer than another version of a document. When in reality,
it¹s older--it¹s just been moved/copied and the date changed.
I often move things back and forth for backup purposes, but if it keeps
changing the dates on it¹s own, it¹s impossible to tell which is REALLY the
most current copy/version.