Thanks John. I'll keep at it for sure. Marlaina
On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:37 PM, John Panarese wrote: This is strange. I just opened one of my external hard drives with command o from my desktop, then I immediately hit shift-command-n and got the create new folder area. I typed, test folder, and hit enter. A new folder appeared in my root directory called, test folder. I'm not sure why you are seeing the smart folder dialog when you do this. Take Care John Panarese On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > John, > > That does not work for me. I am trying to create folders at the root of > arthur and when I do command shift n, the smart folder dialogue pops up. > > I then went to my side bar, but every time I vo down after interacting with > it, I pop into the file table area. I have something on here called remote > disk, which I have no idea what it is, and Gary says it looks like the > computer is trying to open that remote disk thing. Command shift n was where > I started all this. First I tried it with Arthur collapsed, and then I tried > it with Arthur expanded. Same results; I keep getting that smart folder > dialogue box. > > Marlaina > On Dec 22, 2010, at 10:26 AM, John Panarese wrote: > > The simplest way I have found to create a new folder is just to use > command shift and the letter n on the place where you want the folder. In > other words, if I want to create a new folder on my external drive in a > folder called, John's Documents, I'd just have John's Documents highlighted > and use the shift command n combination. > > I don't mess much with smart folders or smart mailboxes, but I believe you > can basically set specific requirements as to what these folders or mailboxes > contain. > > > Take Care > > John Panarese > > On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:17 PM, John Sanfilippo wrote: > >> I look forward to this discussion because I have been at this since November >> of 2008 and still need to know these things. >> >> Thanks for asking. >> >> js >> >> >> On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: >> >> Hi all. >> >> I have a USB drive connected to my MBA. I want to make a new folder on that >> drive, which BTW is named Arthur after my canary, but every time I try, the >> only new folder type option I see is new smart folder. I opened that dialog >> box and saw something about search something. First, how do I make a new >> folder on an external drive? Second, what is a smart folder and why do I >> want one? Oh and third, what is a smart mailbox and why do I want one of >> those as well? >> >> Thanks so much! >> >> Marlaina >> >> -- >> 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.
