Where is File Assistant?

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Where is File Assistant?

I don't actually need file synchronisation, as I use Time Machine on two separate external hard drives.

But I remember - in System 7, and OS 8 & OS9 - there was a nifty little synchronisation utility called File Assistant (its icon was a cartoon editor's head with an eye shade and a pencil behind his ear). I've installed System 7 in Basilisk II and OS 8.6 in SheepShaver, but File Assistant isn't in either. I know I'm not imagining this, because I still use its icon for one of my main folders.

Why isn't it there?

iMac Core i5 12GB RAM-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Feb 1, 2016 8:04 AM

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Answer 1

Jan Hedlund

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Feb 1, 2016 12:46 PM in response to christopher rigby1

With the System 7.5.3 installer (on a PowerBook computer), and Easy Install, a PowerBook File Assistant folder should be installed under Portables in an Apple Extras folder on the hard disk. You could also look for File Assistant under Mobility when performing a Custom Install. In earlier systems it may have been a separate installation.

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Answer 2

Feb 1, 2016 12:45 PM in response to Jan Hedlund

Ah, it was only available on Powerbooks? In that case, the image of 7.5.3 supplied by Emacualtion must have been for a Mac desktop. I've had a look in Apple Extras and there's nothing there like you say.

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Answer 3

Jan Hedlund

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Feb 1, 2016 1:54 PM in response to christopher rigby1

Yes, the File Assistant is software intended for a PowerBook, in order to synchronise files on the PowerBook and a desktop Macintosh computer.

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