Library mess when copying

I've noticed that if you copy a MovieClip from one library to
another there can be many duplicate folders that are generated.
For instance, lets say I have a library with 2 folders:
Buttons and Movieclips.
And I have a MovieClip symbol in the Movieclips folder named
"interface". Interface contains several buttons from the Buttons
folder on it's timeline.
Let's say I have another FLA with the same library(Buttons
folder and Movieclips folder), with some of the same symbols. I
want to update it with the symbols from the former library.
Specifically, I want to update the "interface" MovieClip
symbol. So I drag it from the the former library into the latter
library. I get the dialog that some symbols already exist by the
same name, do I want to overwrite existing symbols or not. I choose
to overwrite. However, while the "interface" MovieClip gets
properly updated(overwritten), the buttons do not; rather than
putting all the buttons in the corresponding Buttons folder, it
puts in a new folder called Buttons within the Movieclips folder.
If I repeat the process, I get a 'Buttons copy' within the
Movieclips folder. Again, I get 'Buttons copy 2', and so forth.
That may have been hard to follow, so here's a simplified
version:
- Library 1 and Library 2, contains folder "Buttons" and
folder "MovieClips"
- Folder MovieClips contains symbol "interface" - interface
contains several button instances from Buttons folder
- Copying "interface" from Library 1 to Library 2 in
"MovieClips" folders creates a "Button" folder inside "MovieClips"
folder.
Isn't there a way to cleanly update symbols from one
library/FLA to another library/FLA?

Abeall
I wish there was better Library management also - especially
when merging 2 or more docs together
and symbol names begin to conflict with each other - flash
does a good job of warning you of the
pending conflict but does nothing to provide a list of the
offending symbol names and ask you to
overwrite or auto rename each one.
Not sure why your situation new/dup folders are being
auto-created - i haven't tested this at all.
In some cases a JSFL extension can be written to perform
certain library tasks but perhaps somebody
can shed some light and a solution for better Library
managament in flash.
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abeall wrote:
> I've noticed that if you copy a MovieClip from one
library to another there can
> be many duplicate folders that are generated.
>
> For instance, lets say I have a library with 2 folders:
Buttons and
> Movieclips.
> And I have a MovieClip symbol in the Movieclips folder
named "interface".
> Interface contains several buttons from the Buttons
folder on it's timeline.
>
> Let's say I have another FLA with the same
library(Buttons folder and
> Movieclips folder), with some of the same symbols. I
want to update it with the
> symbols from the former library.
>
> Specifically, I want to update the "interface" MovieClip
symbol. So I drag it
> from the the former library into the latter library. I
get the dialog that some
> symbols already exist by the same name, do I want to
overwrite existing symbols
> or not. I choose to overwrite. However, while the
"interface" MovieClip gets
> properly updated(overwritten), the buttons do not;
rather than putting all the
> buttons in the corresponding Buttons folder, it puts in
a new folder called
> Buttons within the Movieclips folder. If I repeat the
process, I get a 'Buttons
> copy' within the Movieclips folder. Again, I get
'Buttons copy 2', and so forth.
>
> That may have been hard to follow, so here's a
simplified version:
> - Library 1 and Library 2, contains folder "Buttons" and
folder "MovieClips"
> - Folder MovieClips contains symbol "interface" -
interface contains several
> button instances from Buttons folder
> - Copying "interface" from Library 1 to Library 2 in
"MovieClips" folders
> creates a "Button" folder inside "MovieClips" folder.
>
> Isn't there a way to cleanly update symbols from one
library/FLA to another
> library/FLA?
>

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    May 2, 2015, 01:23:20 PM    /Library/Logs/DiagnosticReports/com.apple.AmbientDisplayAgent_2015-05-02-132320 _[redacted].crash
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Hoz

Thanks - I had a 1TB hdd in my macbook for about 12 months but it started playing up a few days ago (I got the question mark folder on bootup) so I bought another 1TB hdd (same model) and started from scratch.
My macbook is an early 2010... now I'm wondering if Yosemite is a bit too much for it?
The ext hdd is my timemachine backup, so yes I have used it often and it has my TM backups - and the usb is a new usb which Ive used a few times.
The issue seems to be when Im transferring files from an ext drive to my mac. I can use it fine and browse (worked find for 45 mins) then I tried to bring my data across.. and it copied a few gig over before total freeze.
This has happened about a dozen times.
I keep running disk utility and checking the disk. I also just ran the apple diagnostics tool that came in the apps cd - the hardware apears to be fine.
I have a 250 gb partition for the OS and the rest is my second partition for data.
I'm now wondering if I should reformat the first partition, install leopard from the CD, then upgrade to mavericks and leave it at that.
Any thoughts would be awesome. Thank you for reading and replying!
Hoz

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