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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject: Re: Migrating to new machine
Date: 20 Mar 2015 13:07:59 GMT
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On 2015-03-19, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> On 15-03-19 16:28, Aldo Raine wrote:
>
>> Why wouldn't you want to sudo?
>
> Sudo doesn't always work in Finder.

Finder isn't capable of running sudo. Not sure what you are talking
about.

> Some operations are just "can't do
> that" instead of "please enter admin password".  Don't have specifics,
> but it has happened to me. 

Without specifics this doesn't mean much either.

> Sometimes more convenient to use finder to
> move folders from one place to the next, but when that fails you drop to
> command line and then use sudo to move it.

Not in my experience. Perhaps you just aren't familiar enough with the
command line to know how to resolve whatever problem you seem to have
encountered.

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