The select command is VO command enter for noncontiguous files. Command c to copy. Command v to copy the items, or command option v to move the items to the new location. In the list view, be in the parent folder with the desired folder highlighted. es
David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA Email: dchitten...@gmail.com Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 Sent from my iPhone > On 6 May 2014, at 6:16, Jenine Stanley <dragonwalke...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am having a bit of varying difficulty copying files and I wonder if someone > can walk me through this in Mavericks. > > I have files in the Documents folder, which does not show up on my doc btw, > and I want to copy them to an SD card. > > I have inserted the SD card > and have gone to the file list in the documents folder. > > I turned off cursor tracking and moved to the next file I wanted to select > and hit VO-space. This said the file was added to the selection but then > opened it in Preview. It did this for every file I added to the selection. > > Then it began just kicking me out of the Documents folder and onto the > desktop which showed the SD card. > > I finally selected all of my files and hit command-c to copy them to the > clipboard. This apparently went fine but then it was time to go back to that > desktop and get to the SD card. > > I never could figure out how to get back there. Hitting command-shift-d got > me to Finder but didn't show the SD card by name. > > I have another annoying problem which I'm sure I accidentally caused but need > to know how to fix. When I go into the list of files in the documents folder > and want to go down to the Devices list to get to external drives, I have > several programs listed before Devices and as I arrow down, each one opens. > How do I get them off this list? > > I know I'm doing something really screwed up here as it can't be that > difficult to copy files. :) > > Thanks to all.Jenine Stanley > dragonwalke...@gmail.com > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
