On 14 Dec 2007, at 04:55, Dr. Drang wrote:
[...] This is set up so that when I hold the Option key down as I drag, the name of the card is inserted in the TM window. If I *don't* hold the Option key down, the usual vCard data is inserted. The behavior on my main computer--an Intel iMac running OS X 10.4.11 with TM 1.5.7 (1436)--is like this:
Dragging from Option key Time to run
file in Finder not pressed instant file in Finder pressed instant card from AB not pressed instant card from AB pressed 20+ seconds
I'd like to know why there's such a difference and what I can do, if anything, to speed things up.
This is just a hunch, but maybe holding down the option key has AB do something special.
Try e.g. swap the behavior of what to do when option is held/released and/or try another modifier key, see if that changes things.
20+ seconds stall does however sound very much like something times out.