Ok, I rebooted and now cmd shift n is working. Sheesh.
On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:40 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: Is there a way they could have changed a shortcut? I'm a bit stumpped now. S On Dec 22, 2010, at 12:37 PM, John Panarese wrote: > This is strange. I just opened one of my external hard drives with command > o from my desktop, then I immediately hit shift-command-n and got the create > new folder area. I typed, test folder, and hit enter. A new folder appeared > in my root directory called, test folder. I'm not sure why you are seeing > the smart folder dialog when you do this. > > > Take Care > > John Panarese > > On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:42 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: > >> John, >> >> That does not work for me. I am trying to create folders at the root of >> arthur and when I do command shift n, the smart folder dialogue pops up. >> >> I then went to my side bar, but every time I vo down after interacting with >> it, I pop into the file table area. I have something on here called remote >> disk, which I have no idea what it is, and Gary says it looks like the >> computer is trying to open that remote disk thing. Command shift n was >> where I started all this. First I tried it with Arthur collapsed, and then >> I tried it with Arthur expanded. Same results; I keep getting that smart >> folder dialogue box. >> >> Marlaina >> On Dec 22, 2010, at 10:26 AM, John Panarese wrote: >> >> The simplest way I have found to create a new folder is just to use >> command shift and the letter n on the place where you want the folder. In >> other words, if I want to create a new folder on my external drive in a >> folder called, John's Documents, I'd just have John's Documents highlighted >> and use the shift command n combination. >> >> I don't mess much with smart folders or smart mailboxes, but I believe you >> can basically set specific requirements as to what these folders or >> mailboxes contain. >> >> >> Take Care >> >> John Panarese >> >> On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:17 PM, John Sanfilippo wrote: >> >>> I look forward to this discussion because I have been at this since >>> November of 2008 and still need to know these things. >>> >>> Thanks for asking. >>> >>> js >>> >>> >>> On Dec 22, 2010, at 1:06 PM, Marlaina Lieberg wrote: >>> >>> Hi all. >>> >>> I have a USB drive connected to my MBA. I want to make a new folder on >>> that drive, which BTW is named Arthur after my canary, but every time I >>> try, the only new folder type option I see is new smart folder. I opened >>> that dialog box and saw something about search something. First, how do I >>> make a new folder on an external drive? Second, what is a smart folder and >>> why do I want one? Oh and third, what is a smart mailbox and why do I want >>> one of those as well? >>> >>> Thanks so much! >>> >>> Marlaina >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > Sarah Alawami MSN: [email protected] Website: http://music.marrie.org youtube: http://youtube.com/marrie125 podcast: http://marrie.podbean.com podcast mobile http://marrie.podbean.com/mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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