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From: oberst@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Daniel J. Oberst)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Do you want to transfer files over AppleTalk?
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Date: 30 Sep 89 05:07:21 GMT
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Reply-To: oberst@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Daniel J. Oberst)
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One thing to note about PUBLIC FOLDER thought is that it doesn't set up
a mounted volume (a la TOPS or AppleShare).  So you couldn't use it for
example to keep an updated office rolodex or other dynamic/shared files.
You can't launch or just "use" a file with Public, but must "fetch"  or
actually copy it to your machine.  "FTP for the masses."

It does however make it easy to share files/folders.  You just put it in
your "Public" folder, "Broadcast" to your colleague that it's there and
they can just "Fetch" it with the Public Chooser Cdev.