Drag and drop files to replace older only?

I often find have folders which share some of the files. If I drag and drop one folder onto the other I get a prompt for duplicates to keep both, replace or skip. But how can I ensure that if I select replace Finder will only replace the file if the incoming file is newer?

You cannot. The Finder will only replace if you say replace.
There are other tools that can do a replace if newer, such as an Applescript, or some of the Unix command, and there must be a 3rd party solution floating around.
But the Finder is not your solution.

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Still loose ability to drag and drop files in Project pane.

In the last two weeks, I've had two instances where I lost
the ability to drag and drop files within the Project pane.
However, here's the kicker...the problem doesn't manefest itself
until after I end my session, close RH, then restart the computer
and restart the project. That means I don't know that I'm working
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current project. I tried addressing this in this orum once already
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joy.
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space, and I have not installed anything else on the computer in
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sitting by my phone with my headset waiting for the call back
"within the next two hours".
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quote:
Originally posted by:
Amebr
Could the files have somehow been set to read-only?
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open the project after unzipping it, perhaps the unzip process has
changed that file attribute...?
I appreciate your response, but no...all files and
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involved until aftrer the problem showed itself...I zip just for
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working project that lost the ability to move files. It just turns
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FORMAT TYPES
FAT32 (File Allocation Table)
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Maximum volume size: 2TB
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NTFS (Windows NT File System)
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HFS+ ((((MAC FORMAT)))) (Hierarchical File System, a.k.a. Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Don't use case-sensitive)
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I am developing a Director projector application that uploads
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> Another POSSIBLE approach would be to place a shortcut
to
> the application on the desktop and when a file is
dropped on it,
> capture the file path and pass that along to the
Director
> application on startup. Is this possible? Is there an
Xtra to do
> this or does Director have this capability built in?
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I was wondering if there is a way to have the user drag and drop files onto the .exe icon and this would initiate the program to do something with those files automatically?
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Solved!
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I am relatively new to Mac so forgive me if this is obvious.
I just switched from Windows to Mac and now something I used to
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