[X4U] Pop-up thumbnails on photo card insertion

[Daly Jessup]

At 8:32 PM -0400 5/13/06, David R.Boag wrote:
>A colleague of mine just switched over to a MacBook Pro. He's got 
>Windoze and OS X running, and loves it. However, he has one thing 
>that irks him. (OK, actually 2 things.) I was wondering if anyone 
>has a workaround or two to make his transition a little easier. When 
>he says PC card, I believe he is referring to a photo card, like a 
>compact flash or smartcard.
>
>His post:
>
>>I am used to inserting a pc card and having it automatically open 
>>up into a thumbnail view. This isn't possible on a Mac without 
>>going thru some extra steps. (if there is a way, some please tell 
>>me.) Then when you want to remove the card, you have to eject the 
>>card to avoid getting a error message! Heck, with my pc, I just 
>>remove the card and I am done!

Actually, I don't know what he's talking about. On the PC at work, I 
have to click an icon in the toolbar at the bottom, and go through a 
couple of other clicks to eject an external. With the Mac, hyou just 
drag it to the trash. What's he doing?

I don't know about automatically opening in Thumbnail view. I can't 
imagine why he would want that anyway. But maybe someone else knows 
how to set that as a preference?

Daly
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