Holding the Option key does not prompt for merge.
An exec has had his icloud sync messed up for a while, there are duplicates of all his data about 3TB in total. The updated files are scattered throughout the duplicate/not duplicate folders and I need to merge them all together keeping the newest ones. All other operating systems have this feature. How can I get this done without doing it manually?
Mac Studio (2023)
You get an option for merge if you are copying a folder with the same name as an existing one.
I don't see how this would work if you already have folders and subfolders and multiple versions of files scattered throughout. I mean how would the system even determine that some files should be seen as versions of one another? Having the same name on different folders is a perfectly normal thing in any hierarchical file system.
"Merge" would only ever apply if trying to copy something with the same name to the same place.
Can you clarify?
What kind of files are these? Generally, merging data would be handled by the particular application that handles that data.
No merge option for Mac?
