Thanx for this. Guess I didn't think of trying the obvious. Quite an oversight on Apples part I believe, but then again probably most sighted people use icon view exclusively so they probably just never thought about it.
-- Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Josh de Lioncourt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2007 5:32 PM Subject: Re: Question About the Finder > Hi John, > > Yes, I use Column view as well. It is my favorite feature in the > Finder hands down. Having those options only work in icon view seems > like a waste of opportunity. I think they'd be more useful in column > view. > > Josh de Lioncourt > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ...my other mail provider is an owl... > > > > On Jun 26, 2007, at 2:19 PM, John Panarese wrote: > > > Hi Josh, > > Yes, this is true. I typically use the column view, but when > > switching to icon, the arrange by options are available. > > > > Take Care > > > > John D. Panarese > > Managing Director > > Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. > > 9 Nolan Court > > Hauppauge, NY 11788 > > Tel/Fax, (631) 724-4479 > > Email, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Internet, http://www.tvi-web.com > > > > AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS FOR PORTSET SYSTEMS LTD, COMPSOLUTIONS VA, > > PREMIER ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INDEX, PAPENMEIER, REPRO-TRONICS, > > DUXBURY, SEROTEK AND OTHER PRODUCTS FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY > > IMPAIRED > > > > AUTHORIZED APPLE BUSINESS AGENT > > MAC VOICEOVER TRAINING > > > > > > On Jun 26, 2007, at 5:16 PM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote: > > > >> I think the arrange by options only work in Icon view. Whether or > >> not the files in question are on a network drive or not seems to > >> make no difference. > >> > >> > >> Josh de Lioncourt > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> ...my other mail provider is an owl... > >> > >> > >> > >> On Jun 26, 2007, at 1:46 PM, Rich Caloggero wrote: > >> > >>> So I have a long list of files (I'm actually opening a network > >>> share from > >>> the mac which is located on a windows machine), and I want to > >>> rearrange the > >>> view (as in windows -- by date modified). If you goto the main > >>> menubar in > >>> finder, under the view menu there sure are options for arranging > >>> by creation > >>> date, modification date, name, size, and maybe other things I'm not > >>> remembering now. Trouble is, no matter what I do they always > >>> appear "dimmed" > >>> (i.e. disabled). Why is this? How do I do this remarkably simple > >>> thing? What > >>> am I missing? > >>> > >>> Thanx in advance... > >>> -- Rich > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > > > > >
