Hi Reggie, Hmmmmm I don't know why that would be that they are named differently on the Mac. Perhaps next you could just try creating a folder on that stick from the Mac and also save a file onto it just to make sure the stick is working properly with the Mac. As you said you're beginning with this I'll give step-by-step instructions as to how I would do this. Doubtless there are lots of different ways of doing things so you might get different instructions from someone else but this is what I would do.
1. In <finder there are different ways of displaying the folders/files. Personally I use column view. To put it into column view press command 3. VO should say "as columns checked" or something like that. 2. In column view you arrow up and down the list of folders/files, arrow right to expand a folder and arrow left to go up a level. I don't know what your settings are (or actually what mine are) with VO tracking the cursor and so on but I'll tell you again what I do and hope it works for you. 3. When I'm in finder and VO says "browser" or "browser one item selected" or whatever I make sure quick nav is off by pressing left and right arrows together (this is a toggle so if it says "quick nav on" press it again until it says "quick nav off"). Then you can press command shift c to get to "computer" and arrow up and down (I don't have to VO cursor up and down, just the arrow keys on their own) 4. To create a new folder (for testing how this USB stick is working/whether it's working properly on the Mac), when you land on the name of the USB stick, press command shift n. On mine, this creates a new folder called "untitled folder", then I press enter which is for renaming it, type the new desired name and press enter. So now that puts me focused on the new folder which is within the USB drive. So maybe you can arrow up and down more and explore the drive and see what's there. 5. You could go into Textedit or whatever other text editor you have and create a test file and save it on the USB drive to again see whether it appears there as it should. When you press command s to save then you'll be in a save dialog. You can use the same finder commands in this dialog for getting to particular locations, so if you press command shift c it will go to "computer" and then you may need to move the VO cursor around to get to the browser, switch quick nav off if it's on and then arrow up and down to select the USB drive, and if desired you could arrow right to expand it and then up or down to find that folder you created. Then eVO cursor to the save button and press it. So I'm just wondering how this all goes for you and whether you're able to create a folder on that USB stick and see it named as you wanted and save something there as you named it. Catherine On 8/29/17, regina alvarado <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Catherine, On my braillenote apex the folders on the stick show up as > books and lessons. On the Mac I assume they are the same folders, but they > are long numbers instead of books and lessons. Sorry I didn't make it clear. > > > > Reggie and Lex > > > On Aug 29, 2017, at 5:50 PM, 'Catherine Turner' via MacVisionaries > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello Reggie, > > Clarifying what you're asking - are you saying that when your memory > stick is in your braillenote it has folders called books and lessons, > but when you put the stick in your Mac those folders aren't there and > you get a load of numbers instead? > > Catherine > >> On 8/29/17, regina alvarado <[email protected]> wrote: >> Now that I am in the right place, I have a question about reading and >> transferring from and transferring to a memory stick. >> >> A little background. I have a braillenote apex on which I transferred two >> folders to a memory stick called books and Lessons. I want to get into >> the >> lessons folder to be able to attach a file to an email. I also want to >> download into the books folder from Bookshare and read them on my >> braillenote. >> >> Now that you know what I am trying to do, I first want to let everybody >> know >> I am definitely still a Mac beginner. I have a book I used to get as far >> as >> I did with this. I put my stick in the computer, ′mac mini′, at the volume >> I >> pushed command-shift-C. That brought up my list of drives. It was there so >> I >> used vo-space to open the drive. That was when I got a nasty surprise. >> Instead of names like books and Lessons there were just numbers and no >> way >> to see what they were. I understand these are just images so if I have to >> copy them where do I paste them? >> >> So questions are: how do I transfer files and folders to and from my >> stick >> and how do I get the folders titled. Also, I realize, at least I think, I >> cannot download directly onto my stick. If I am correct, how do I >> transfer >> from the download folder to the stick and will the braillenote read the >> files if in BRF? Please do these questions step-by-step as I thought I >> understood what I read but obviously there steps gave me a big surprise. >> Deeply appreciate any help on all of this. I imagine most people on here >> are >> advanced Mac users so feel free to send answers to: >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> Reggie and Lex >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or >> if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners >> or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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