Hi Mary,
There's another tip that might help you to transfer files. Under iTunes, if
you select any track in the songs table, using the keyboard shortcut Command-R
for "Show in Finder" will open a Finder window with your selection highlighted
within it's folder. You can then copy and paste the track to your mounted
device (e.g. a USB drive, or Victor Stream) in the sidebar of the Finder
window. If you use Command-Up Arrow you will navigate up to the folder that
contains your selected track, just as you can in any Finder window, so you
could copy the folder and move it to the other device. If the device you want
to copy to does not show up in sidebar, or if you want to copy the files or
folder to another location, use the Finder shortcut Command-Shift-G (for "Go to
Folder") and type in the path to the directory or device you want. For
example, let's say that I want to move some podcast episodes to a USB memory
stick. I select "Podcasts" in the sources table of iTunes, then navigate (e.g.
with VO-J or with your VO-arrow keys) to the songs table and select a podcast
episode. Then I use Command-R (which is the shortcut for going to the File
menu and selecting "Show in Finder"), and a Finder window opens with my
selected podcast highlighted. Now, perhaps I want to select other episodes of
the same podcast series, or even all of them. I can perform any extended
selections (Command-A, or hold down the shift key and arrow down through a
bunch of episodes, or even do non-contiguous selection). Then I copy with
Command-C and look for the device to paste to. I'd usually find this under
"Devices" in the Finder side bar, so I could either navigate to it with
VO-arrow keys, or use item chooser menu (VO-I), type in "Devices" press enter,
and then arrow down to find the device I wanted. This might be my Crucial
memory stick, so I would VO-Down arrow from "Devices" until I heard "Crucial",
and then I would paste (Command-V) my tracks. If I wanted to move to a
specific folder under the Crucial memory stick, or copy these files to another
folder I could alternatively use Command-Shift-G ("Go to Folder') to type in
the location to move to in the text box. If I remember the name of the folder
to use on the memory stick, I can type it in. But let's say that I don't
remember the exact name. Then, after I type in Command-Shift-G, I type in
"/Volumes/Crucial" (without the quote marks) into the text box, and press
enter. The Finder window will now show the contents of the Crucial memory
stick. I navigate to the contents window and interact, then VO-down arrow or
type the first letters of the name to find the folder I want. Then I paste
the tracks that I've copied with Command-V. When I'm finished with the Finder
window that I opened, I use Command-W to close it.
HTH. You can also change the default app for opening a given file type by
selecting a file in finder, then using "Get Info" (Command-I). Navigate in the
Get Info window to where you hear "Open with" then VO-Right arrow to the pop up
button, press it with VO-Space, and set it to the application you want. If you
VO-Right arrow from there, you'll here "Use this application to open all
documents like this" followed by a "Change all" button that you can press to
change the default application used to open the file. Close the Get Info
window with Command-W when done.
Cheers,
Esther
Mary Otten wrote:
>Thanks for the tip on where to find all that music I'm wripping. Putting an
>alias to it on the desktop should make it a tad more convenient to quickly
>access. Now for another elementary question that I know I've seen the answer
>to in a podcast but can't remember and haven't found after poking around. How
>can I change the default app for opening a file type>?
>
>Mary
>
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