all I do is press command-c on the item. I guess you picked copy alias from the context menu?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cara Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 12:05 PM Subject: Re: shortcuts K, just tried this in column mode as well, and it worked again. for clarity's sake, I interacted with the column browser, and then used plain arrows rather than VO arrows to navigate. When I found a folder I wanted with up / down arrows, I pressed right arrow, and then navigated up / down again or pressed the first few letters of what I wanted. When I found what I needed to alias, I used VO shift M and the rest is familiar... I have my cursor options checked except for VO cursor tracks mouse cursor. I also have my initial cursor position set to move to the keyboard focused item. -Just an FYI... Not sure what to say, <smile> but again,if I figure out anything for you that might help, I'll definitely let ya know!... Have a great day!... Smiles, Cara :) On Dec 4, 2007, at 8:38 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote: > The only two things I see different is that you are closing the > finder window in one of your steps and that you are in Icon mode and > I am in column mode. I can see the finder window being the problem > but not the view. What do you think? > On Dec 4, 2007, at 11:25 AM, Cara Quinn wrote: > >> Shaun, I just tried your experiment and it worked flawlessly for me. >> >> 1 I navigated to my podcasts folder in my user folder and then in >> my music/Itunes/ITunesmusic folder. I ctrl clicked on podcasts and >> created an alias, renamed it, and pressed enter... >> >> 2 I copied it to my desktop folder in my user folder. >> >> I then closed my finder window and went to the desktop, and then >> opened my alias, which I'd called My podcasts... >> >> 3 A finder window came up which was titled podcasts, as it was >> opening my podcasts folder. >> >> 4 I then deleted a podcast, closed the window, and checked the >> trash to see if it was there. It was... >> >> 5 I visited my original podcast folder and checked that the item >> was in fact deleted, and it was. >> >> 6 For the sake of thoroughness, I also clicked on the original >> alias I'd just made which was also still in the same folder as my >> podcasts folder, as I'd not deleted it yet, after I'd pasted it to >> my desktop. Again, as predicted, my podcasts folder opened, and >> the podcast I'd deleted was still deleted. >> >> 7 I should also note that during all of this, no names or such were >> changed at all, aside from anything I, myself changed. I also want >> to mention that I use icon view in the finder. >> >> 8 I then proceeded to recopy the podcast I'd moved to the trash, >> back to its original location, and remove my aliases. >> >> 9 I emptied the trash, and all was as when I'd started. >> >> I"m not sure what's happening on your end, but it sure sounds like >> you're making a copy of the original folder somehow. >> >> If anything comes to mind, I'll be sure and post it, K?... For >> now, best of luck!... >> >> Have a wonderful day!... >> >> Smiles, >> >> Cara :) >> >> >> On Dec 4, 2007, at 6:29 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote: >> >>> Yup,I changed it to Notepad and moved it to the Desktop and it >>> opened Textedit. This tells us that it works properly and there is >>> something wrong with the ITunes/Music/Podcast folder when the same >>> is attempted. The reason why this interest me so much is because I >>> look at this folder often instead of going through I Tunes. What >>> do you or anyone else think? >>> On Dec 4, 2007, at 8:33 AM, David Poehlman wrote: >>> >>>> I don't know why this should happen. Try this, take text edit, >>>> make an >>>> alias of it, place the alias on the desktop, rename it, open it, >>>> do you get >>>> text edit? If so, things are working as they should and it may >>>> be that the >>>> podcast folders are smart and will not work together or something >>>> like that. >>>> I have not tried doing an alias with a folder but it should >>>> work. We'll >>>> have to dig into this. >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "VaShaun Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac >>>> OS X by >>>> theblind" <[email protected]> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2007 5:45 AM >>>> Subject: Re: shortcuts >>>> >>>> >>>> This makes sence but it doesn't work. Para and David please >>>> follow me >>>> because this is interesting. Following a mixture of both of your >>>> steps >>>> this is what I did, this is what I got and this is what peaks my >>>> interest. What I did is press command L on the pod-cast folder in >>>> the >>>> Finder. This created a alias that wanted me to rename it. I named >>>> it >>>> "I Listen". I copied this folder to the Desktop. I went into the I >>>> Listen folder and deleted a podcast. I went back to my original >>>> pod- >>>> cast folder and it was still there. Here is what is interesting. I >>>> renamed the alias as soon as it prompted me to do so to I listen. I >>>> copied that folder to the desktop but it changed back to Pod-cast >>>> not >>>> I Listen. I did not delete the copy of the first I Listen pod-cast >>>> folder and it was updated with the deleted pod-cast but the >>>> original >>>> wasn't touched. What am I missing here? >>>> On Dec 3, 2007, at 6:48 PM, Cara Quinn wrote: >>>> >>>>> Shaun, this was what confused me before when trying to answer your >>>>> question. Do you have a single alias to point to your podcast >>>>> folder or several to point to each individual podcast within your >>>>> podcast folder?... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> If you have many aliases which point to many podcasts, then >>>>> regardless of whether you delete or do anything to, your aliases, >>>>> your original items will remain in the original folder. Now, if >>>>> you >>>>> have just one alias which points to your podcast folder, anything >>>>> you change from there will act on the original folder. I.E. if you >>>>> remove a podcast that you arrive at from opening your alias, >>>>> then it >>>>> will be removed from your original folder. >>>>> >>>>> Does this make sense?... >>>>> >>>>> An alias points to a particular object, so if you create an alias >>>>> which points to a folder, it would tell that folder to open when >>>>> you >>>>> click on the alias... >>>>> >>>>> So you'd actually be opening the original folder in this case. >>>>> >>>>> Now, if you've created many aliases which point to files within a >>>>> folder, they will do the same thing; I.E. open a podcast within >>>>> your >>>>> podcast folder. >>>>> >>>>> But in the case of any alias, whatever you do to it doesn't effect >>>>> what it points to. So, if you delete an alias, you simply remove >>>>> the pointer which previously pointed to the folder or file. The >>>>> folder or file is still there. The reason that my example above >>>>> with the single alias to the folder works, is because after you >>>>> click on your alias which points to your folder, what you get >>>>> then, >>>>> is the actual folder opening, and you can see the actual files. >>>>> So >>>>> whatever you do to them then, happens in the actual folder. what >>>>> you're seeing in the folder are not aliases and are the actual >>>>> files... >>>>> >>>>> I hope this helps!... >>>>> >>>>> Have a wonderful day!... >>>>> >>>>> Smiles, >>>>> >>>>> Cara :) >>>>> >>>>> On Dec 3, 2007, at 1:10 PM, VaShaun Jones wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Still they don't update themselves. I delete a pod-cast on the >>>>>> desktop it doesn't delete it from the original. My question is >>>>>> why? >>>>>> To continue the file path podcast/macbreakweekly/episode. If this >>>>>> is the alias I put on the desktop as a alias and I delete episode >>>>>> in the alias I still have a copy of what was deleted in the >>>>>> original. >>>>>> On Dec 3, 2007, at 2:03 PM, Jos wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> In your music/iTunes/iTunes Music folder there is a folder for >>>>>>> podcasts. If you create an alias for that folder and put it on >>>>>>> your desktop you can then simply click that alias and it will >>>>>>> automatically navigate to that folder and show you its >>>>>>> contents in >>>>>>> Finder. Aliases are just pointers to quickly open a file, >>>>>>> folder, >>>>>>> application, etc, without moving it from its current location. >>>>>>> Josh de Lioncourt >>>>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ...my other mail provider is an owl... >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 3 Dec, 2007, at 10:00 AM, VaShaun Jones wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I almost understand what you are saying, but in the instance of >>>>>>>> the pod-cast folder in my Music folder you are saying just move >>>>>>>> that folder to the new place on the system. In regards to the >>>>>>>> alias I don't understand it's purpose. If I create a alias for >>>>>>>> this folder on my Desktop what is it's purpose? If a new pod- >>>>>>>> cast >>>>>>>> is added the alias knows nothing about it. 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