Re: Finder's oddities causing problems for a new user
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.
Finder's oddities causing problems for a new user
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.
Re: Finder's oddities causing problems for a new user
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.
Re: Finder's oddities causing problems for a new user
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.
