Finder questions (changing file icons, moving files, home/e)

Hello all!
I got my 17" Intel iMac just two days ago. Gorgeous machine, feeling very comfortable. I switched from Linux and there are a few things I can't figure out on my own, I'd appreciate if someone anmswers these simple questions.
1. How can I change the icon which represents a certain file type?
2. How can I "move" the files from a, say, removable drive to my local drive? When I drag the files it shows "+" in a circle and copies the card. But i want to move the files from it, not copy. Command+X and Command+V don't work.
3. I am used to that home/end buttons bring to the beginning/end of a line, but in OS X they bring to the top/bottom of the page. Makes editing documents very hard. Is there a way to change it?
Thanks in advance,
Artemiy.

Artemiy
PHP and CSS files are associated with XCode but the icon is plain whiteOK, I can see the problem. I just created a small file of each type, and both acquired the TextWrangler icon. I then changed the .php to "Open with" Xcode, but this did not change the icon. The only way I could change it was to select another editor (SubEthaEdit) – so you may want to experiment here. Of course, it would then be a pain to have to know two editors!
How do you move the files from a removable drive to HDDI don't do this that often, but if I had a lot I would be inclined to put them in a folder and move that.
Well, this happens everywhere actually.Probably for GUI editors, since they would use the same OS text-handling features. But sometimes an editor will have extra controls.

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XFCE 4.10
Thunar
AwOken icons
Hello,
I am currently using the AwOken icon set, which I downloaded on deviantart.com.
So... I'd like the typical folders
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Videos
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Documents
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edit
So I tested it with a lot of other default XFCE themes and themes from the AUR (Greybird, Albatross and so forth). I can't change any icon. That's too bad, I have no clue whatsoever what the problem is, I was hoping I could change the bookmarks' icons in Thunar's sidebar as well.
Last edited by jones (2013-03-15 15:15:50)

VCoolio wrote:install xdg-user-dirs, maybe logout and back in. Folders are configured in ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs
Also check here
Yup, logging out and back in is necessary.
Wohoo, that worked. Thanks

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Satoru Murata wrote:
And moving a file from one directory to another on the same drive is "physically" possible?
Actually, yes. They are fundamentally different. The actual file itself does not change. There is one copy of the file. There is also (at least) one hard link to the file. The hard link is what you actually see in the file system as a "file". In a true move operation, you create two links to the file. There is then one physical file with two pointers to it. Then, after that 2nd link is successfully created, you "unlink" the first one. Correspondingly, to "delete" a file, you just "unlink" the one and only link to it. Time Machine, for example, make extensive use of links to create snapshots of your files. These links are only possible on a single file system.
Why shouldn't we expect the Finder to be able to do that properly?
We should. But this is not a bug that should really affect anyone. I'm quite sure that there are more people who, after hearing about this, have tried to use a move across volumes than have ever tried it before. Yes, it is a bug. Yes, you could lose data. But it is a minor operation that few people knew about until recently.
And there's no guarantee that when you hit the "Send" button in Mail your e-mail will reach its destination. Perhaps you should snail mail it. Strike that, the USPS is even less reliable. Go deliver the mail in person.
That is a poor analogy. You still have a copy of the sent mail in your system. A better analogy would be to click "send" and then immediately deleting your copy of the sent message. Surely, that would be foolish. And I prefer DHL. I have had much better luck with them.
No one friggin' needs to use a computer, but a lot of people WANT to. And I'm saying there are people, if you can get it in your stubborn little head, who WANT to use Move instead of Copy, go back to original file/directory, click icon, drag to trash, empty trash, and click OK in confirmation dialog (which, by the way, is a few more than "one additional key" that you allude to).
My goodness! No need to get so upset
You can move files to new volumes all you want to. It is always going to be a risky operation, riskier than copying and then deleting. When Apple releases a fix, the risk will decrease, but I would not advise using it, on any platform.
First of all, who the heck are you telling me I'm the minority so I should just bite the bullet? Since apparently you're such an aficionado of the Terminal, which only 5% of Mac users use on a daily basis, I guess you would be just fine and dandy if there was a glaring bug in Leopard that prevented you from using it "until the software update is available", huh?
I'm "random guy on the Internet". I thought you knew that. That is an interesting question. I have always liked UNIX and I'm particularly fond of the Mac giving me the best of both worlds. But, I have to admit, I was a very happy Mac user long before MacOS X, so I think I could survive.
And second of all, you obviously think I'm some Vista troll or something, but I certainly am not, and it's quite insulting. I'm usually the first one to come to Apple's defense when need be. And, as I mentioned in my first post, I agree that this "problem" is totally overblown on various sites. HOWEVER, you are just an idiot fanboy of the worst kind if you maintain that there's really nothing wrong with this bug and suggest that, and I quote:
Really, the only reason for even attempting this operation is so you can get on the Internet and post a message about how Apple's horrible bug has caused you to lose data.
No, I didn't think that much about you at all. I was just trying to explain the difference between moving vs. copying and how those operations changed when performing them across two different file systems. I admit I am a bit sensitive about the Mac. I try not to evangelize anymore. I do try to respond to FUD when I see it. There has been a lot of that recently with Leopard.
I never said this wasn't a bug and that it shouldn't be fixed. I said it was a bug in a non-default behavior that few people even knew about. I also said that even attempting a move across file systems (even without this bug) is not a wise idea. It has a fairly high risk factor, a fairly low convenience factor, and no savings of space or time. It is my opinion that the only reason people care about it is so they have something to bash Apple about. I wasn't including you, personally, in that category. I was just trying to explain my thinking.
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