thanks nicolai, it works great! sort by kind doesnt show the folders first but at least it shows them in a row now. Thanks a lot. Greetings, Anouk On Nov 3, 2009, at 4:39 PM, Nicolai Svendsen wrote:
> > Hi Anouk, > > IF you want to select a few files in a row, hold down shift while > unsing the down arrow to select, up arrow to deselect. Also, you have > the multi-selection. Simply hit VO-Command-spacebar when you're on the > file you want to select one at a time if you prefer it that way. This > is especially helpful if they're not in order. I have seen "Cut" in > some applications, though interestingly enough it's not available most > of the time. Use the "push letter" method to go to any file or folder, > or use Spotlight. The fact the Mac does not show folders before files > is just how the Mac does it. It does it alphabetically. Go to your > view options in a finder window, choose the "Arrange By" submenu, and > choose "kind" or hit command-control-5. That should hopefully fix > that. You just have to look in the menus. > > Regards, > Nic > Skype: Kvalme > MSN Messenger: [email protected] > AIM: cincinster > yahoo Messenger: cin368 > Facebook Profile > My Twitter > > On Nov 3, 2009, at 2:50 PM, anouk radix wrote: > >> >> Hello everyone. I just read the apple help shortcut section but I >> cant >> find anything about selecting files, i can select one files or all >> the >> files in a directory but i cannot find how I can select a few files >> to >> copy, also I dont like the fact that finder does not show directories >> before showing individual files. Is there a finder alternative that >> works with snow leopard and allows you to select files that you can >> then move to a different directory and delete them from the original >> path? It would also b enice if it could show directories before >> files. >> I am planning to call apple support later today to ask them if there >> is a command for selecting files but I dont think they will know the >> answer. >> Greetings, Anouk, >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
