Interesting problem with attaching files to email messages
I had the occasion to send out about sixty files attached to email messages. They were all JPeg images scanned from paper. Please no comments about how I could have or should have used a file transfer facility like Dropbox, OneDrive, WeTransfer, Google Drive, etc.--the recipient demanded them in email, so, so be it. Anyway, here's the thing. Everything I'm about to described was done on an up-to-date Monterey system. If I open the folder in Finder containing these sixty JPegs, they show up in a nice sorted order, alphabetically by name. But when I open the same folder in the attach files dialog in an email message using standard Mac Mail, there appears to be no order to the file llist. There is, though, a method for changing the sort order, but it doesn't work. If you VO-LEFT several times, you'll eventually get to a control called "change grouping." When focused on that control you'll hear a message to hold down the Option key to change sort order. I did this, and the only choices available were tag and none. However, if I clicked the "change grouping" button instead, I also got name, which is what I wanted, but checking it didn't cause the list of files to re-sort. Did I do something wrong, or have I discovered a problem? Thanks in advance. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/ef805031-5c8c-ee28-53b2-9dba47e7848a%40noisynotes.com.
Re: Interesting problem with attaching files to email messages
No you didn't do anything wrong. I think you've definitely discovered a problem. I think this needs to be dropped into Apple accessibility. You might be better off giving them a call, and letting them screen share with you so that they can see what the problem is. > On Feb 24, 2022, at 9:10 AM, Steve Matzura wrote: > > I had the occasion to send out about sixty files attached to email messages. > They were all JPeg images scanned from paper. Please no comments about how I > could have or should have used a file transfer facility like Dropbox, > OneDrive, WeTransfer, Google Drive, etc.--the recipient demanded them in > email, so, so be it. Anyway, here's the thing. Everything I'm about to > described was done on an up-to-date Monterey system. If I open the folder in > Finder containing these sixty JPegs, they show up in a nice sorted order, > alphabetically by name. But when I open the same folder in the attach files > dialog in an email message using standard Mac Mail, there appears to be no > order to the file llist. There is, though, a method for changing the sort > order, but it doesn't work. If you VO-LEFT several times, you'll eventually > get to a control called "change grouping." When focused on that control > you'll hear a message to hold down the Option key to change sort order. I did > this, and the only choices available were tag and none. However, if I clicked > the "change grouping" button instead, I also got name, which is what I > wanted, but checking it didn't cause the list of files to re-sort. Did I do > something wrong, or have I discovered a problem? > > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/ef805031-5c8c-ee28-53b2-9dba47e7848a%40noisynotes.com. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/74254707-EC08-4616-B480-2728841893B4%40twc.com.
Re: Interesting problem with attaching files to email messages
Can do. Thanks. On 2/24/2022 2:15 PM, joseph hudson wrote: No you didn't do anything wrong. I think you've definitely discovered a problem. I think this needs to be dropped into Apple accessibility. You might be better off giving them a call, and letting them screen share with you so that they can see what the problem is. On Feb 24, 2022, at 9:10 AM, Steve Matzura wrote: I had the occasion to send out about sixty files attached to email messages. They were all JPeg images scanned from paper. Please no comments about how I could have or should have used a file transfer facility like Dropbox, OneDrive, WeTransfer, Google Drive, etc.--the recipient demanded them in email, so, so be it. Anyway, here's the thing. Everything I'm about to described was done on an up-to-date Monterey system. If I open the folder in Finder containing these sixty JPegs, they show up in a nice sorted order, alphabetically by name. But when I open the same folder in the attach files dialog in an email message using standard Mac Mail, there appears to be no order to the file llist. There is, though, a method for changing the sort order, but it doesn't work. If you VO-LEFT several times, you'll eventually get to a control called "change grouping." When focused on that control you'll hear a message to hold down the Option key to change sort order. I did this, and the only choices available were tag and none. However, if I clicked the "change grouping" button instead, I also got name, which is what I wanted, but checking it didn't cause the list of files to re-sort. Did I do something wrong, or have I discovered a problem? Thanks in advance. -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/a88bd3dd-86f2-d56a-a64c-3d1049e627ef%40noisynotes.com.