Hi David, I use Finder's list view in the same manner that Anne and Sarah described to sort on individual columns such as "Date Modified". To sort on any particular column you have to first navigate to that column in the table you've interacted with. Also, while the sort key shortcut is indeed VO-Shift-backlash for anyone with an English language input keyboard, this may be another sequence to get the "vertical line" character (Shift-backslash) in a different input language keyboard. Remember that applying the sort shortcut each successive time will reverse the previous sort order of the column.
If you frequently want to visit this folder and always have it sorted in order of modification, another thing you could do is place it in the dock (select the folder in Finder and use Command-Shift-T), and have it sorted by date modified. You can read a detailed description of how to do this in the list archives: • Re: Accessing Documents From The Dock http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/msg03806.html The description was written in reply to someone using Snow Leopard, but it works the same way in other versions of Mac OS X. It may be overkill, though. HTH. Cheers, Esther On May 27, 2013, at 1:06 PM, David Griffith <d.griff...@btinternet.com> wrote: > Thanks for tips from Ann and Sarah. > > Switching to list view I can achieve what I need to do. > I still much prefer column view for ease of use but switching to list view > for the occasions I need to sort by date will not be too onerous. > However using the keystroke Sarah recommended only provoke the message "no > header available" from Voiceover. I obviously have some setting which mens > that this will not work. > David Griffith > d.griff...@btinternet.com > > > > On 27 May 2013, at 19:34, Sarah k Alawami <marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello. it's a lot easier to sort by none, then interact with the table then >> hit vo shift back slash and hit the button for what you want the table to >> sort by. You need to be in list view to accomplish all of this. Simply hit >> cmd 2 on the number row and you are good to go. >> >> Take care >> On May 27, 2013, at 11:21 AM, David Griffith <d.griff...@btinternet.com> >> wrote: >> >>> I am having a lot of problems using Finder in anything apart from Name >>> arrangement. >>> If I go to the view menu and change the view settings to date modified or >>> date created or any date setting I find it virtually impossible to make >>> any sense out of finder. >>> >>> I did this today in my Music folder and I was placed in a view where I had a >>> "Group" called Today. >>> However trying to interact with this group got me nowhere. I tried to >>> navigate to see if there were some sub folders without success. I could not >>> open the Today group either. >>> >>> Cursoring down I found some confusing folders which did not relate to my >>> original folder I was in . I eventually found my Music folder but again >>> could not do anything useful with this. >>> I am using column view by default. >>> I must admit I was hoping to find a simple rearrangement of the sort order >>> in the same way as you get in Windows but I am totally confused by this way >>> of doing things. >>> >>> Rearranging the sort order to name recovered the situation but I would like >>> to sort files by at least date modified on occasions to help me locate files >>> . >>> Is there any tutorial on using finder with Date arrangements which can make >>> this process useful with Voiceover? >>> >>> >>> David Griffith. >>> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
