Yes, also remember that you can change the view pretty easily though I know that's an added step if you have to do it.
-- Cheryl May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to You, Lord, my rock and my Redeemer. (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) On Nov 7, 2012, at 7:41 AM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I find cmd-shift-g easier for me, but this guy would not like that solution > so I'm hoping for a simpler one. I forgot that volumes appear on the desktop > once mounted, that's something to look into. > On Nov 7, 2012, at 12:35 AM, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Okay, Now I see why you are using cmd-shift-g. I think if you just opened >> the drive on the desktop it might ultimately be easier and your view >> shouldn't change. But if you think it's easier to do cmd-shift-g, you can >> type part of the / Vol and tab and it will complete and you can just do the >> whole path from there. You probably know what I mean but type: >> /Vaol (tab) yourdrive (tab), etc. Then if you need to access it more than >> once, you just leave the window open and cmd-accent to it. >> >> >> -- >> Cheryl >> >> May the words of my mouth >> and the meditation of my heart >> be acceptable to You, Lord, >> my rock and my Redeemer. >> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >> >> >> >> On Nov 6, 2012, at 10:15 PM, Cheryl Homiak <cahom...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Why are you using cmd-shift-g and typing? Just open the window the books >>> are coming from and open the window they are going to. Then Do cmd-c to >>> copy and cmd-accent to go to the other window and cmd-v to paste. And i >>> suspect if your view is changing, there's a reason; I could be wrong but I >>> don't think it's an oddity that happens without reason. But I am afraid >>> that without more information I can't tell you why it's happening. >>> -- >>> Cheryl >>> >>> May the words of my mouth >>> and the meditation of my heart >>> be acceptable to You, Lord, >>> my rock and my Redeemer. >>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB) >>> >>> >>> >>> On Nov 6, 2012, at 8:36 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> I'm still helping my friend with the new iMac. Last week we worked on >>>> moving downloaded and unzipped Bard books to an NLS cartridge. >>>> Unfortunately, Finder didn't cooperate, sometimes changing its view mode >>>> so that keystrokes I was trying to teach him no longer worked. The problem >>>> came in getting from the downloads folder, where the books are, to the >>>> cartridge's root. Personally I just hit cmd-shift-g, type in /volumes, and >>>> go on my way, but I was hoping for a simpler system to teach. So, is there >>>> a way to lock everything into whatever view lets us left arrow to volumes >>>> and then down arrow to the cartridge? Failing that, is there a way I could >>>> hack together a script, to be triggered with a keystroke, which would do >>>> the copying automatically? Thanks. >>>> >>>> >>>> Have a great day, >>>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>>> mehg...@gmail.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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. > > > > Have a great day, > Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) > mehg...@gmail.com > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 macvisionaries@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.
