Re: File sharing
From: di (di_at_twoems.com)
Date: 01/03/05
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Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2005 17:26:56 -0700
Hi Bill,
Thank you very much for your response. I'm headed to the feedback site now
to report it as a problem.
Regards,
Di
On 01/02/2005 10:50, in article
mecklists-64D4B3.11500202012005@msnews.microsoft.com, "William Smith"
<mecklists@REMOVETHIS.mn.rr.com> wrote:
> In article <BDFC8296.AFE%di@twoems.com>, di <di@twoems.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi. I'm experiencing a similar situation with Word docs. Both machines have
>> the same file open and are able to update. Machine2's changes are lost when
>> machine1 saves their version. Is there a way to prevent machine2 from
>> updating the same file while machine1 has the file open?
>
> This problem was brought to the attention of several other MVPs by Beth
> Rosengard in December 2003 and I believe someone involved in our private
> dialog we had about it reported it to Apple.
>
> It happens with Office files and non-Office files such as TextEdit,
> which means the problem lies with the Mac OS and not Office. My testing
> showed this problem also exists regardless of connecting via AFP
> (Apple's file sharing protocol) or SMB (the UNIX flavor of Windows file
> sharing).
>
> The only suggestion I can provide is to try to use a third machine to
> act as a file server and not use this machine as a workstation. You will
> at least get the message about the file being in use by another machine.
>
> Also, be sure to give Apple feedback about your problem at
> <http://www.apple.com/support/feedback/>. The more folks reporting this
> problem, the more priority Apple is likely to give the problem.
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> bill
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