You can also leave folders as they are, but press cmd-n before navigating to a new one. This way you can, say, leave your external drive open in one window, then move from your downloads folder to your documents folder in another, copying files from both over to the external drive. > On Oct 4, 2015, at 09:20, Chris Moore <chris.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Donna, > Have you tried opening each folder in a separate window? If you do this you > can navigate between the different folders with cmd accent. You can also > close one window at a time with cmd w. > > Chris >> On Oct 3, 2015, at 2:54 PM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Ann, >> >> I'm running the latest version of Yosemite. I am using list view. >> >> this is interesting. The arrow keys weren't opening anything, so I've been >> opening folders with CMD-o, and closing with CMD-w, which, as you say, >> closes everything. I just tried opening with CMD-down arrow. If I do that, >> the right arrow will work to open subsequent subfolders, and the left arrow >> will then close each one one at a time. Very weird. Thanks for this, Ann. >> I'd never used CMD-Down arrow before, so wouldn't have sorted this out >> without the info in your message. >> Cheers, >> Donna >> >>> On Oct 3, 2015, at 12:54 PM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: >>> >>> Hello Donna, >>> >>> Which level of the OS are you using? Also, if you’re using List view, do >>> you open folders by pressing right arrow? This opens the folders in the >>> current window and Cmd-w will close everything. In list view, you should >>> open subfolders with either Cmd-o or Cmd-Down Arrow. To collapse all the >>> opened folders, press Left Arrow over and over again until everything is >>> closed. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Anne >>> >>> >>>> On 3 Oct 2015, at 19:45, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Command W is what I'm using, and it's closing everything. >>>> Cheers, >>>> Donna >>>>> On Oct 3, 2015, at 12:05 PM, Jonathan C. Cohn <jon.c.c...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> How are you closing the window? I thought command W just closes one tab. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Jonathan Cohn >>>>> >>>>>> On Oct 3, 2015, at 8:56 AM, Donna Goodin <doniado...@me.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>> >>>>>> How do I set up finder so that if I have multiple folders open and want >>>>>> to close one of them, they don't all close? I've tried checking and >>>>>> unchecking open folders in Tabs instead of New Windows, but either way, >>>>>> the behavior is the same. >>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>> Donna >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> >> -- >> 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.
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