Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-23 Thread Sarah Alawami
It won't unless you download and install macfuse and ntfs3g. Good luck On Dec 23, 2010, at 4:07 PM, Vaughn Bennison wrote: > What format is your external drive in? OSX won't natively write to NTFS > formatted drives, however it will read them. > > Vaughn. > On 23/12/2010, at 4:42 AM, Marlaina

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-23 Thread Vaughn Bennison
What format is your external drive in? OSX won't natively write to NTFS formatted drives, however it will read them. Vaughn. On 23/12/2010, at 4:42 AM, 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 s

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Sarah Alawami
It shouldn't but glad the reboot fixed it. Take care. On Dec 22, 2010, at 5:41 PM, Mike Arrigo wrote: > I wonder if having the side bar shown or hiden makes a difference, it > shouldn't, but you never know. > On Dec 22, 2010, at 2:37 PM, John Panarese wrote: > >> This is strange. I just open

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
I wonder if having the side bar shown or hiden makes a difference, it shouldn't, but you never know. On Dec 22, 2010, at 2:37 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

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
Ok, if you open the file menu, do you have a new folder option? On Dec 22, 2010, at 2:06 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Nope, it brings up smart folders, sorry about that, it just doesn't work for > me. > On Dec 22, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > > Hello. hit cmd shift n to create a ne

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Mike Arrigo
To make a new folder, first open the drive and then open the folder where the new one will be created, if you don't want it on the root folder. Press command shift n, this will place you in a text box where you can give the folder a name, untitled is already there, just erase that and type the n

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Sarah Alawami
Well maybe that computer needed a scaring and that's what it got when you rebooted. Glad your problem is fixed. S On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:12 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > Ok, I rebooted and now cmd shift n is working. > > Sheesh. > > > On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > > Is

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Ok, I rebooted and now cmd shift n is working. Sheesh. On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Is there a way they could have changed a shortcut? I'm a bit stumpped now. S On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:37 PM, John Panarese wrote: > This is strange. I just opened one of my external hard

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
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 folde

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Sarah Alawami
Is there a way they could have changed a shortcut? I'm a bit stumpped now. S 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 f

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread John Panarese
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 y

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
Nope, it brings up smart folders, sorry about that, it just doesn't work for me. On Dec 22, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Hello. hit cmd shift n to create a new folder and start typing inthe name. I do this all the time on my external drive. S On Dec 22, 2010, at 10:17 AM, John Sanfili

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Sarah Alawami
Hello. hit cmd shift n to create a new folder and start typing inthe name. I do this all the time on my external drive. S On Dec 22, 2010, at 10:17 AM, 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 th

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
John, That made my day! Let's learn together from these wonderful folks! Marlaina On Dec 22, 2010, at 10:17 AM, 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

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
H, astounding! I'll try to digest this. Thanks so much. Marlaina On Dec 22, 2010, at 10:19 AM, Massimo wrote: In data Mercoledì 22 Dicembre 2010 19.06.05, Marlaina Lieberg <1guide...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Second, what is a smart folder and why do I want one? A smart folder... can be d

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
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 calle

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread John Panarese
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

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Massimo
In data Mercoledì 22 Dicembre 2010 19.06.05, Marlaina Lieberg <1guide...@gmail.com> ha scritto: Second, what is a smart folder and why do I want one? A smart folder... can be defined as a dynamic folder. When creating one, you have to specify search parameters. The smart folder will contain fil

Re: Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread John Sanfilippo
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, wh

Creating new folder on external drive and what is a smart folder

2010-12-22 Thread Marlaina Lieberg
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