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From: Rowland McDonnell on 16 Mar 2010 18:12 Ever since I started using MacOS X, I've found that copy-paste does not work reliably. Does anyone know why it is that sometimes, activating the copy command results in `Nothing happening'? - so that the paste command gives whatever was *last* in the paste buffer? Repeating the copy command often results in `it works now' - although not always the first time. Doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it and it's been afflicting me from 10.1 to 10.6 and all versions between. .... and what can be done to solve the problem? Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Peter Ceresole on 16 Mar 2010 18:37 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > Does anyone know why it is that sometimes, activating the copy command > results in `Nothing happening'? - so that the paste command gives > whatever was *last* in the paste buffer? > > Repeating the copy command often results in `it works now' - although > not always the first time. I simply don't see what you are reporting here- and I frequently copy text or urls. How are you doing it? Highlight and Cmd-c? Then Cmd-v to paste, of course. Or are you using the Finder->Edit->copy menu command. I can't say about that, because I always use the keys. -- Peter
From: Rowland McDonnell on 16 Mar 2010 18:54 Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > > Does anyone know why it is that sometimes, activating the copy command > > results in `Nothing happening'? - so that the paste command gives > > whatever was *last* in the paste buffer? > > > > Repeating the copy command often results in `it works now' - although > > not always the first time. > > I simply don't see what you are reporting here- and I frequently copy > text or urls. Of course, Peter, of course. I knew it always worked perfectly for *YOU*, things always do. You never meet the problems that afflict everyone else. [snip] Rowland. -- Remove the animal for email address: rowland.mcdonnell(a)dog.physics.org Sorry - the spam got to me http://www.mag-uk.org http://www.bmf.co.uk UK biker? Join MAG and the BMF and stop the Eurocrats banning biking
From: Peter Ceresole on 16 Mar 2010 19:50 Rowland McDonnell <real-address-in-sig(a)flur.bltigibbet.invalid> wrote: > > I simply don't see what you are reporting here- and I frequently copy > > text or urls. > > Of course, Peter, of course. > > I knew it always worked perfectly for *YOU*, things always do. > > You never meet the problems that afflict everyone else. What was that meant to be? Sarcasm? Because it's just bullshit. You assume that because you don't see a problem it affects 'everybody else'. The point is that it doesn't. If it did, you'd have heard of it long ago. I'm just reporting what I see, myself. Maaybe you have a problem? -- Peter
From: Peter Ceresole on 16 Mar 2010 19:51
Peter Ceresole <peter(a)cara.demon.co.uk> wrote: > What was that meant to be? Sarcasm? Because it's just bullshit. You > assume that because you don't see a problem it affects 'everybody else'. > The point is that it doesn't. If it did, you'd have heard of it long > ago. Ah well, spot the redundant 'don't'. The comment stands. -- Peter |