Hi Marlaina, The cmd-down arrow command is used for opening folders within dialogs such as the Save dialog. It can also be used in the Finder to open any items such as volumes, folders, apps or documents.
Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2010-11-04, at 3:15 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Yah; I have had an iPhone and a MacBook Pro for about a year, but got stuck > and didn't quite know where to turn. Recently, I got a MacAir instead of > the Pro, as it is much lighter and has the same keyboard as the Pro. I got > the 11 inch model, it is really sweet and easy for travel. I'm afraid I > don't even know all the finder commands. I have been laboriously > sledgehammering my way through all this with very few shortcuts, so some of > my questions are very, and I do mean very basic! But learning about > cmd-shift-c is amazingly wonderful! What does cmd-downarrow do in the save > dialogue box? > > I'll stop thanking people for putting up with my questions, but I can't > share enough how much I've appreciated this list and learned from it in just > one day! > > Marlaina > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sarah Alawami" <marri...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 1:12 PM > Subject: Re: saving attachments in mail > > > lol. most finder commands work from with in the save dialogues. I did not > know you were a new mac user until sometime from with int he message thread. > Sorry about that. > > S > On Nov 4, 2010, at 1:03 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > >> Umm because until I joined tis list today, I did not know about >> cmd-shift-c >> and you are right, it makes way way more sense but who knew it was there >> until now, smile! >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sarah Alawami" <marri...@gmail.com> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 12:51 PM >> Subject: Re: saving attachments in mail >> >> >> Why not just forget the sidebar and hit cmd shift C to go to the computer >> section and arrow to yoru flash drive, hit cmd down arrow and then choose >> your folder? To me this makes much more sence. >> >> S >> On Nov 4, 2010, at 8:18 AM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: >> >>> I have issues with saving >>> attachments in apple's mail client, but one thing I do, once I find the >>> attachment that is (which is part of my issue) is navigate to the sidebar >>> and interact with it. Then I usually uparrow to the thumb drive and it's >>> all good, unless I want a specific folder on that drive then I'm stuck >>> again >>> since I can't seem to get folders to open and allow me to save things to >>> them. I am useing a MacBook Air. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "denise avant" <drav...@ameritech.net> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2010 6:07 AM >>> Subject: saving attachments in mail >>> >>> >>> hi all, >>> i've been trying to save a file to my thumb drive in apple mail. i can't >>> quite arrow to where the drive letter is located to save the file. can >>> anyone provide me with an easy way to do this? thanks. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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