[Spliff]

I have an external hard drive that I use for backups, downloads, etc. I keep several folders of the external hard drive in my Sidebar. In 10.3.9, If I shutdown the external hard drive or restarted the computer, the folders would remain in the sidebar. If the external drive wasn't available, the missing folders were in indicated by a question mark, but they would return if the hard drive was turned on and mounted.

In 10.4, this does not happen. If the hard drive is not available, Tiger deletes the folders from the sidebar. They do not return if I mount the external hard drive.

Is this a new feature of Tiger or is it a bug? Either way, it's bloody annoying. Is anyone else experiencing this? If it was a feature, I would've expected an avalanche of outrage. If it's a bug, does anyone have a fix?

[Russian Mac fan]

I KNOW! It bothers the heck out of me! I think it's a feature.
You can drag folders to the top bar though — starting with the leftmost spot — try it. I have 2 in there from my Palm's removable card.

[Spliff]

Originally Posted by Russian Mac fan

I KNOW! It bothers the heck out of me! I think it's a feature.
You can drag folders to the top bar though — starting with the leftmost spot — try it. I have 2 in there from my Palm's removable card.

Thanks for the confirmation. I was hoping it was a bug and not a feature. God damnit, Apple! It didn't need fixing! It worked exactly the way it should in 10.3.x.



I guess I'll have to send feedback.

[TheDov]

I had a few links to my one external drive, and noticed the same thing after installing Tiger. Very very annoying! Is there maybe some way to run a script (or use Automator) to regenerate those links when I plug my hard drive back in?

[Spliff]

Originally Posted by TheDov

I had a few links to my one external drive, and noticed the same thing after installing Tiger. Very very annoying! Is there maybe some way to run a script (or use Automator) to regenerate those links when I plug my hard drive back in?

Hmm, I wonder if that's possible. I haven't really tried Automator (haven't found a use for it).

[TheDov]

Originally Posted by Spliff

Hmm, I wonder if that's possible. I haven't really tried Automator (haven't found a use for it).

I tried it once (not very successfully) - I'll see if I can do something like that tonight. I'll let you all know.

[TheDov]

Originally Posted by Russian Mac fan

I KNOW! It bothers the heck out of me! I think it's a feature.
You can drag folders to the top bar though — starting with the leftmost spot — try it. I have 2 in there from my Palm's removable card.

What do you mean by the top bar? Do you mean the area in the Sidebar where the drives show up? Or are you talking about something completely different. I know that links to external folders on the Dock do stay in place once the drive's ejected, even in Tiger. That's not what you meant, is it?

[Spliff]

Originally Posted by TheDov

What do you mean by the top bar? Do you mean the area in the Sidebar where the drives show up? Or are you talking about something completely different. I know that links to external folders on the Dock do stay in place once the drive's ejected, even in Tiger. That's not what you meant, is it?

He means the horizontal toolbar bar on every open Finder window. You can drag folders there as well. If you unmount an external drive, any folders from that drive that are in the Finder bar will turn into questions marks. They will reappear if you mount the drive. The problem with putting folders in the Finder's toolbar is that you lose the spring-loaded folder capabilities that you have in the Sidebar. It's typical of Apple's half-assed (and stupid) approach to user-interface these days. There's no consistency.

[timmerk]

Bug. Tiger sucks! Long live 10.3!