How to refresh window connected to windows
I'm networked to a laptop running windows 2k. I'm taking screen shots and dumping them into the My Pictures folder. I want to drag them over to my Mac for a report I'm writing.
I don't see a way to refresh the list of displayed file names from the Mac. The only I know is to log out and log back in. This works but is a awkward. Anything easier than this?
Thanks
I don't see a way to refresh the list of displayed file names from the Mac. The only I know is to log out and log back in. This works but is a awkward. Anything easier than this?
Thanks
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Originally posted by neutrino23
I'm networked to a laptop running windows 2k. I'm taking screen shots and dumping them into the My Pictures folder. I want to drag them over to my Mac for a report I'm writing.
I don't see a way to refresh the list of displayed file names from the Mac. The only I know is to log out and log back in. This works but is a awkward. Anything easier than this?
Thanks
If you go up one level on the Mac and open the folder again it'll refresh.
Originally posted by MacCrazy
If you go up one level on the Mac and open the folder again it'll refresh.
Tried that but it didn't work for me. I tried all sorts of combinations of command click on the proxy icon then going up one level, using the back button on the finder window, closing the window and opening a new window then navigating down to the My Pictures folder, but none of this worked.
I found these suggestions in the OS X help messages:
Copy a file from your Mac to the Windows folder.
Create a new folder in the Windows folder.
Log out from your computer, then log in again and connect to the Windows computer.
The first suggestion works for me. I created a small test file and put it on my desktop. Now when I want to refresh the window shared by the W2k machine I drag that same file to the window, let it replace itself and then the list of files is updated. sort of a numpty way to go but that's life.