It's in the group of menus acrossed the menu bar in the finder. Believe you can access it from any finder window. Someone correct me if I'm wrong please. hth T.J. On Jun 25, 2012, at 5:05 PM, Ann Byrne wrote:
> Oh, boy! What's the 'go menu'? > At 03:50 PM 6/25/2012, you wrote: >> don't forgt cmd option l for the downloads location. YOu can find all of >> this a and more under the go menu. >> >> Take care. >> On Jun 25, 2012, at 1:07 PM, Esther wrote: >> >> > Hi Josh, >> > >> > Welcome to the list. In additions to John's hint about editing your Finder >> > preferences to show these external drives on the Desktop, you can always >> > view all the drives that are connected to your computer by using the >> > shortcut to display your computer setup, cmd-shift-c. From Tim Kilburn's >> > VoiceOver page on shortcuts, here are the relevant ones for Finder >> > browsing use and to use in save and open dialog windows: >> > • cmd-shift-a - applications: Brings focus to the applications >> > folder. >> > • cmd-shift-h - Home: Brings focus to the user's Home directory. >> > • cmd-shift-d - Desktop: Brings focus to the desktop. >> > • cmd-shift-u - Utilities folder: Brings focus to the Utilities >> > folder. >> > • cmd-shift-i - idisk: Brings focus to the user's iDisk. [note: does >> > not work for the newer OS or for older versions of the OS after June 30, >> > 2012] >> > • cmd-shift-c - Computer: Brings focus to the users computer so that >> > attached drives and removable media can be easily accessed. >> > • cmd-shift-g - Go to folder: this is especially useful for >> > accessing areas that are normally invisible to the GUI. >> > I'd add: >> > • cmd-shift-o - Documents: Brings focus to the Documents folder. >> > >> > I think Tim's web page may be disappearing with the end of Mobile Me >> > service and the migration to iCloud after June 30, but in the meantime you >> > might want to look over the content: >> > http://web.me.com/kilburns/voiceover/shortcuts.html >> > >> > The cmd-shift-g "Go to folder" shortcut is particularly useful if you want >> > to move directly to a folder on any connected drive. For example, if I >> > want to copy files to or from a specific folder of a flash drive, and I >> > know the name under which the flash drive gets mounted, which might be >> > named: >> > /Volumes/Crucial/Special >> > in the case of my Crucial memory stick, where I created a folder named >> > "Special" for the contents, then I can use the cmd-shift-g shortcut and >> > then type the path "/Volumes/Crucial/Special" (without the quotation >> > marks) into the dialog text box and press enter to go to that location. >> > Or if you've already selected your flash drive from your desktop or from >> > the Finder view shown in cmd-shift-c, you can either use cmd-shift-g and >> > type "Special" into the dialog text box, or you can navigate through the >> > Finder tree view menu structure to the folder you want. The cmd-shift-g >> > shortcut is most useful when you have a particular folder you want to get >> > to -- often many levels deep -- and you know the exact pathname. >> > >> > Take a look at Tim's other entries for VoiceOver tips and tricks, and a >> > few of his notes for specific applications under Snow Leopard. Even >> > though this is the older operating system, most of the content applies. >> > The nice thing about Tim's page is that similar commands are grouped >> > together, and he points out the most useful features/applications. This >> > material is also in the VoiceOver Getting Started guide that you can >> > access with VO-H, but it's laid out from a practical user's perspective. >> > >> > HTH. Cheers, >> > >> > Esther >> > >> > On Jun 25, 2012, at 8:57 AM, John Panarese wrote: >> > >> >> It should show up on the desktop when you plug it in. If not, when in >> >> Finder, type a command-comma to open Finder Preferences. There should be >> >> a series of checkboxes to show specific items on the desktop. Be sure >> >> that external drives is checked. >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jun 25, 2012, at 2:49 PM, josh gregory <joshkar...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> Good afternoon: >> >>> I'm Josh, and I just joined this list today. I have a question, >> >>> since this is dealing with flash drives and mac and all. >> >>> I just got a macbook pro last Monday, and I love it!!! So, how can I >> >>> find my flash drive in finder? In windows I just typed g and then a >> >>> colon and it popped up. This doesn't seem to work in lion. Thoughts? >> >>> And Arthur, thanks for that command on ejecting. 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