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Old 29-01-2006, 10:19 PM
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oh oh.. just saved a new file into my podcast directory and the number of files went up by 1 ,
then took 25 screen captures all with individual names and saved to desktop... ermm nothing is showing..

have my permissions gone haywire? no new files are showin up in finder
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Old 29-01-2006, 10:25 PM
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Tried a reboot?
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Old 29-01-2006, 10:43 PM
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will do..
was just worried everything might be invisible when i return to the OS
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Old 29-01-2006, 11:00 PM
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reboot fixed it alright.. is this a sign of a bigger problem or just a random bug?
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Old 30-01-2006, 07:58 AM
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Im not too sure, all i know is that i have this problem occasionally and a reboot always fixes it. Perhaps a simple shutdown and reload of just the Finder would have sufficed, also, as it is the Finder that handles such tasks.
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Old 30-01-2006, 11:48 AM
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oh ok, ill try ending finder next time , thanks for the insight!
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Old 31-01-2006, 09:51 PM
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One problem with saving to the desktop, is it often takes a while to re-draw, and if finder is "distracted" by something else (doing a copy, trying to mount a troublesome disk, staring at the wall) it may not happen for some time.

Usually clicking desktop within a finder window will show you the files if this is the case.
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Old 31-01-2006, 10:26 PM
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Could be permissions
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Old 07-02-2006, 11:33 AM
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I've seen this happen a fair bit at work and a couple of times at home - the sure-fire way to find your saved items is to either do a search for it in Spotlight, or if that doesn't work, go to your MacHD>Users>yourname>Desktop folder and see if you can see it in there.

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