OK, so from my own testing, statements from others on the list and a little
guessing, I expect that you are not actually doing what I thought you were. It
sounds like perhaps you have windows open from prior sessions. The Macintosh by
default will remember every window you opened and keep it open by default
between logins and/or roboots. So perhaps you have so many windows around,
because you never close them.
I will suggest if this is the case you either
1. Learn to close windows hwhen you are done with them,
and/or
2. Tell the Macintosh to not remember opened Windows when you logout. This is
fairly easy, there is a checkbox on the screen asking you Are you sure you want
to logout. Just make sure that checkbox is unchecked
Then when you login next time you should have a clean slate to work with.
Hope this helps with your window overload.
.
Best wishes,
Jonathan Cohn
> On Jan 1, 2019, at 10:45 PM, Lorie McCloud <lorice...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I'm not sure how to use tabs and not sure how to word the question I have
> about it. this is already fairly confusing so I don't know if I should even
> go there. maybe I should just play around with it and see if I can figure it
> out.
>
> I don't understand how to move a new window or a new tab to where I want to
> go. that's the reason I start with a window that shows my drives and just
> open folders until I get where I want to go.
> My Youtube Channel:
> "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud
>
>> On Jan 1, 2019, at 8:35 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>
>> Which is why I suggested some time back (last year) Finder tabs instead.
>> Each tab then shows the desired folder I want to operate on.
>>
>> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>> Many believe that we have been visited
>> in the past. What if it were true?
>>
>> On 1/1/2019 6:28 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote:
>>> oh ok. I guess I didn't make the distinction because I was having folders
>>> open in new windows. then when I cycled through them to get to the one that
>>> I wanted to copy something to all those that I had opened on my way
>>> somewhere would be open. yes they were folders but they were windows too.
>>> My Youtube Channel:
>>> "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud
>>>> On Jan 1, 2019, at 8:13 PM, 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
>>>> <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In your original post you mentioned closing windows using command up and
>>>> down. Therein lies the confusion that flummoxed several people.
>>>>
>>>> Command up and down opens and closes "folders", not "windows". You can
>>>> also use right or left arrow to open and close folders when in list view.
>>>>
>>>> Option up and down goes to bottom or top of a list.
>>>>
>>>> There is no Command Option up and down. Hopefully we are on the same page.
>>>>
>>>> From E.T.'s Keyboard...
>>>> ancient.ali...@icloud.com
>>>> Many believe that we have been visited
>>>> in the past. What if it were true?
>>>>
>>>> On 1/1/2019 5:14 PM, Lorie McCloud wrote:
>>>>> that's exactly right. I mistakenly assumed that part was understood.
>>>>> My Youtube Channel:
>>>>> "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud
>>>>>> On Jan 1, 2019, at 4:20 AM, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah sure this isn't anything unusual.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The command option up / down arrows allows you to go forward and
>>>>>> backwards between folders,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I use the option command up all the time to go back a folder level on
>>>>>> servers
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But like what was said, I'm not sure where this command comes in to
>>>>>> relationship with copy and pasting
>>>>>> Unless you mean once you have the files selected and you've hit command c
>>>>>> That you then use command option up / down to go to the location you
>>>>>> wish to paste the files into
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>>>>>> On Behalf Of Lorie McCloud
>>>>>> Sent: Monday, 31 December 2018 7:07 PM
>>>>>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>>> Subject: Re: cycling through windows in finder
>>>>>>
>>>>>> it's kind of hard to explain. when I want to cycle through windows I use
>>>>>> command-tilde. when I want to open folders as I'm navigating to my
>>>>>> desired destination, that's when I use command-option-down arrow for
>>>>>> open and command-option-uparrow for close. I'm in list mode. I'll have
>>>>>> one window already open in say, downloads. then I'll cycle to another
>>>>>> window say in my external hard drive. once I'm in there I need to
>>>>>> navigate to the folder where I'm going to copy or paste a file from
>>>>>> downloads. sometimes I have to go 2 or 3 deep to get to the desired
>>>>>> folder. then as I would cycle back through the windows heading for
>>>>>> downloads, I would hit every window I had to open to get to the desired
>>>>>> folder. I wanted to find a way of reducing the number of windows I had
>>>>>> to cycle through. if I remember to use command-option-down arrow as I'm
>>>>>> navigating, that seems to do the trick.
>>>>>> My Youtube Channel:
>>>>>> "www.youtube.com/loriemccloud
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Dec 30, 2018, at 11:38 PM, M. Taylor <mk...@ucla.edu> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello Lorie and thank you for this info.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> However, I am not certain that I understand the scenario to which you
>>>>>>> are referring.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> For example, when I need to copy and paste files between finder
>>>>>>> windows, I use Command+~.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I don't think I've ever used Command+UpArrow.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can you please describe why and how this scenario plays out in a
>>>>>>> sequence of steps?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thank you,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Mark
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>>>>> [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lorie McCloud
>>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2018 8:54 PM
>>>>>>> To: 'E.T.' via MacVisionaries
>>>>>>> Subject: cycling through windows in finder
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I figured out something I want to tell you all about in case anybody's
>>>>>>> interested. I had been asking about how to have most or all of the
>>>>>>> windows closed except for the 2 that I wanted to copy and paste
>>>>>>> between. I used to be able to do this but now all the windows I was
>>>>>>> navigating through to get to my destination had become part of the
>>>>>>> cycle. somebody here mentioned opening and closing windows using
>>>>>>> command-down and up arrows. I had been doing this without the option
>>>>>>> and including it in the command has cleared up the problem for me. it
>>>>>>> kind of closes the door or window behind me.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lorie
>>>>>>>
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