Hello all, Personally, I prefer to place aliases on the desktop for the folders I most use.
I find the dock most useful to start an application while using another, for example: while in Mail, do VO d and navigate to Safari to launch it. Just my 0.2 Euros...nowadays worthing less and less :-) André On Jan 7, 2011, at 6:22 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > It's a quicker way to get to things you use frequently. Think of it like a > task bar wherein you can access apps and documents and folders you use lot.! > On Jan 7, 2011, at 10:19 AM, Carolyn Haas wrote: > >> Colin and others: >> This is strange, listening to this conversation. I never use the doc at >> all. Is there a primary advantage to doing so? >> >> Carolyn >> On Jan 7, 2011, at 11:07 AM, Colin M wrote: >> >>> Hi Sarah! >>> Have you had a look how yours is set in the downloads on your doc? >>> It would be interesting to see how yours is, and any differences! :] >>> Colin >>> I'm far too bad for Heaven! >>> The Devil is afraid I'll take his place! >>> >>> On 7 Jan 2011, at 17:55, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>> >>>> Really I have to hit vo shift m and arrow to open and only then will it >>>> open in the finder. >>>> >>>> S >>>> On Jan 7, 2011, at 9:43 AM, Colin M wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi John! >>>>> No I'm looking at the right place! >>>>> I forgot to put date added as well! >>>>> But all the display as and things buttons are all dimmed! >>>>> So I've got date added stack and automatic! >>>>> And it works ok! >>>>> Colin >>>>> I'm far too bad for Heaven! >>>>> The Devil is afraid I'll take his place! >>>>> >>>>> On 7 Jan 2011, at 17:28, Jon Cohn wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> You are looking at the wrong item then... There are three checked items >>>>>> in the menu. >>>>>> 1. Sort Order >>>>>> 2. How the Folder icon shows in the Doc (Folder or Stack) >>>>>> 3. What the folder displays as when activated from the Doc. >>>>>> >>>>>> Jon >>>>>> >>>>>> On Jan 7, 2011, at 11:56 AM, Colin M wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Hi there! >>>>>>> I had a look how mine was set up I've never changed it! >>>>>>> Mine is set as stack and automatic and mine has always worked! >>>>>>> Colin >>>>>>> I'm far too bad for Heaven! >>>>>>> The Devil is afraid I'll take his place! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 7 Jan 2011, at 16:41, Sarah Alawami wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> VO SHFT m then arrow to open. Good luck. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On 07/01/2011, at 6:55 AM, Jon Cohn <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> On a completely unrelated issue, how do I open the various folders >>>>>>>>>>> which are on my Dock? >>>>>>>>>>> Cmd+o, enter, and VO+space have all failed to do the expected thing. >>>>>>>>>>> Any information on these two initial questions would be greatly >>>>>>>>>>> appreciated. >>>>>>>>>>> I'm starting to like the system already and will probably have more >>>>>>>>>>> as >>>>>>>>>>> I go along. >>>>>>>>> To make the folders in the Dock more friendly to VO, change the "View >>>>>>>>> Contents As" item in the contextual menu for the folder. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 1. Open the Dock (control-F3 or VO-D) >>>>>>>>> 2. Type "Down" and you should then have the Downloads folder selected. >>>>>>>>> 3. VO-Shift-M to bring up the contextual menu. >>>>>>>>> 4. Find the grouping near the bottom for contents display. There are >>>>>>>>> 4 Options: >>>>>>>>> a) Fan >>>>>>>>> b) Grid >>>>>>>>> c) List >>>>>>>>> d) Automatic >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Select The List option, and then command space or space will show you >>>>>>>>> the contents of that folder. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> If you are often going to a specific item in the Dock, you can set up >>>>>>>>> a hotspot for that item this should work. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Best wishes, >>>>>>>>> Best wishes, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Jon >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. 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