If you need more information, I wrote an article about getting started with Finder for www.applevis.com that you might find useful. I don't have a link right now, but it is on the page for new Mac users, which itself is linked to on the homepage. On Jun 19, 2014, at 4:17 PM, Teresa Cochran <batsfly...@me.com> wrote:
> Hi, David, > > The finder has three basic views: list view, column view, and icon browser. > List view and column view are the most accessible. The list view has a table > with fairly detailed information about each file. You can expand the folders > from the table or use option-down-arrow to go into the focused folder and > remain there while manipulating files. Column view is kind of like a tree > view in Windows. Icon view is, I think, a grid that shows icons for your > folders and files. So the table is for your list view, and the browser is > either for column view or icon view. > > To get to these views on the fly, there are keyboard shortcuts: command-1 for > icon view, command-2 for listview, and command-3 for column view. You can > adjust a folders default view or the default view for all folders with > command-J. > > I hope this helps. > > Teresa > > "Twinkle, twinkle, little bat > How I wonder what you're at" > --Lewis Carroll > >> On Jun 19, 2014, at 12:59 PM, 'David Goldfield' via MacVisionaries >> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >> I won't waste any time as I have a question. >> I've gotten very comfortable at using the finder. In the past, when I enter >> my Mac HD drive I right arrow past the toolbar and I'm told there is a >> table. When I interact with the table, I can then get to my various files >> and folders. >> As of yesterday, everything still works but instead of being told that I'm >> in a table I'm told that I'm in the browser" voiceover says "browser, 1 item >> selected." If I interact with the browser, I am still able to access my >> folders. I'm just curious as to how things changed from a table to a >> browser and what the differences actually are between the two. >> >> -- >> David Goldfield, >> >> >> Founder and Peer Coordinator, >> Philadelphia Computer Users' Group for the Blind and Visually Impaired >> Feel free to visit my new Web site >> http://www.davidgoldfield.info/ >> >> -- >> 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. -- Have a great day, Alex Hall mehg...@icloud.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.
