Hi, Replacing all will always take the set of files you selected and copy them to new location, deleting any files of the same name. Keeping newer, will look at the dates of each file from the source and destination and only copy the file if the one you are copying has been modified after the date on the file it would be replacing. So, for example, if you had a file called me.doc and the modification date was more recent than the me.doc file you were copying, it would keep the newer version, and not copy the me.doc you selected.
--k Faith doesn't give you the answers, it merely stops you from asking the questions. On Apr 12, 2014, at 5:52 PM, Jean Parker <radiofore...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All: > When I copy a lot of files onto a backup drive it asks if I want to replace > all or keep newer. Can someone explain how these are different? > Jean > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
