Re: an embarrassing question
Cheryl and les, Thanks for your help, that did the trick. Don On Dec 10, 2013, at 7:33 PM, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > It actually says Macintosh HD, right? And it's on your desktop? > > Okay, vokeys-arrow over to it and press return. It will say acintosh HD > contents selected. Don't start typing or you'll have to type the whole thing > because you will be replacing the name instead of adding to it. Left arrow > and make sure you are at the beginning of acintosh and type the capital m > (it's okay to then left and right arrow through the word to make sure it's > right but don't use vo-keys, just arrows) and then press return again. Don't > panic if you then get "finder has no windows" just command-tab away and back > again and everything should look fine. > > Nothing dumb about this. I accidentally did this and ended up searching on > google to make sure I hadn't messed up my path to all my files; the panic > wasn't necessary but it scared me! I was NOT a new Mac user when I did it > plus I had run linux and windows but it still made my heart miss a beat or > two! > > -- > Cheryl > > Go beyond the Christmas story this year; > meet Immanuel (God with us), > Jesus, the crucified Savior, > Christ, the risen Lord. > > > > On Dec 10, 2013, at 9:17 PM, don bishop wrote: > >> Hi, >> I haven’t been a mac user for too long, and when I started out I really >> didn’t know the commands well at all, so ended up pressing wrong keys very >> often. Anyway, during all that nonsense I managed to screw up the word >> Macintosh in the finder. Problem is I can’t figure out how to correct the >> problem. It now says acintosh and I can’t figure out how to put the m back >> in there. >> >> Could someone please help out a dumb user? >> >> Thanks,Don >> >> -- >> 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: an embarrassing question
It actually says Macintosh HD, right? And it's on your desktop? Okay, vokeys-arrow over to it and press return. It will say acintosh HD contents selected. Don't start typing or you'll have to type the whole thing because you will be replacing the name instead of adding to it. Left arrow and make sure you are at the beginning of acintosh and type the capital m (it's okay to then left and right arrow through the word to make sure it's right but don't use vo-keys, just arrows) and then press return again. Don't panic if you then get "finder has no windows" just command-tab away and back again and everything should look fine. Nothing dumb about this. I accidentally did this and ended up searching on google to make sure I hadn't messed up my path to all my files; the panic wasn't necessary but it scared me! I was NOT a new Mac user when I did it plus I had run linux and windows but it still made my heart miss a beat or two! -- Cheryl Go beyond the Christmas story this year; meet Immanuel (God with us), Jesus, the crucified Savior, Christ, the risen Lord. On Dec 10, 2013, at 9:17 PM, don bishop wrote: > Hi, > I haven’t been a mac user for too long, and when I started out I really > didn’t know the commands well at all, so ended up pressing wrong keys very > often. Anyway, during all that nonsense I managed to screw up the word > Macintosh in the finder. Problem is I can’t figure out how to correct the > problem. It now says acintosh and I can’t figure out how to put the m back > in there. > > Could someone please help out a dumb user? > > Thanks,Don > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
Re: an embarrassing question
Don, I think if you press the Return key, you can edit the name. If I had a dollar for each embarrassing thing I've done over the years, I'd be a wealthy man today! - Original Message - From: don bishop To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com CC: Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 10:17 pm Subject: an embarrassing question > > > Hi, > I haven't been a mac user for too long, and when I started out I really > didn't know the commands well at all, so ended up pressing wrong keys very > often. Anyway, during all that nonsense I managed to screw up the word > Macintosh in the finder. Problem is I can't figure out how to correct the > problem. It now says acintosh and I can't figure out how to put the m back > in there. > > Could someone please help out a dumb user? > > ThankseaDon > > — > 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.e -- 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 post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.