Category: macOS

Merge two folders

HELP!I need to merge the content of several large folders on my mac.Filemanagement with Windows and Mac OS X differs, when it comes to folder replacement.Under Windows if you have two folders with the same name, the windows explorer will warn you, that files within that folder will be replaced with the ones you just dragged in. As the result, you will have a folder containing all the files form you source-folder accompanied by the ones in your target-folder, that were not present in the source-folder. WATCH OUT!Under OS X, if you drag a source-folder on a folder containing an … Continue reading “Merge two folders”

GO SANE

Today I’m going to introduce a way how to connect a image capture device, which is not natively supported by OS X, to your mac. The Problem: I wanted to connect a rather old scanner – a HP Scanjet 3300C to my Macbook Pro. However HP doesnot deliver any current drivers to connect it to my mac. The solution is an open source interface called sane which delivers connectivity to many many image capturing devices and also enables Linux to capture images from your digital camera or scanner. Basically the sane interface sits between your operating system and your connected … Continue reading “GO SANE”