Hello everyone. Thanks for sharing this with us Esther. I have a folder I access every day. How can I turn this command into a shortcut or place it on the doc?
Thanks so much. On Oct 5, 2011, at 12:05 AM, Esther wrote: > Hello Alex, > > To answer your question, yes, you can simply type a path to the folder for > any file in Finder. Use the shortcut key sequence Command-Shift-G for "Go to > folder" when you're in Finder or in any dialog window that asks you for a > file. In the text box type or paste in the path you want to use and press > return. This path can be to a folder on a mounted external disk, a system > library, another user's account, etc. For example, if I have a file named > "my_paper.doc" in a sub-folder of "Documents" named "Papers" on a Crucial USB > memory stick that in plugged into the USB port on my computer, I can navigate > to that folder with Command-Shift-G and type in a path like: > /Volumes/Crucial/Documents/Papers > and press "Return". This will point Finder to this folder, and I can then > navigate to the file I want, for example, by typing the first few letters of > the file name. If I press Command-Down Arrow when I am on that file I will > open it with the default application (e.g., TextEdit for a text file, Preview > for a PDF file, etc.). If I navigated to an application, then pressing > Command-Down Arrow launches the application. > > However, most applications will be in either the Applications folder or the > Utilities subfolder of the Applications folder, and there are separate > shortcuts to move to those folders (Command-Shift-A for "Applications"; and > Command-Shift-U for "Utilities"). > > HTH. Cheers, > > Esther > > On Oct 4, 2011, at 17:12, Alex Hall wrote: > >> Here's what I have found by just experimenting... >> >> 1. The list and sidebar are both important. The sidebar is where you >> select your location, and the list (after the vertical splitter) shows >> the contents of what you have selected. >> 2. Cmd up closes a folder in a tree, and cmd down opens one. >> 3. It is easiest to hit cmd-3 when in the finder. In this mode, right >> arrow opens folders and left arrow closes them, just like trees in >> windows. >> >> Again, this is what I have found while playing around so I could be >> wrong. By the way, has anyone found a way to just type a path? In >> windows, I nearly always just open up the run box and type the path to >> where I want to go, but I'm not sure if finder has a way to do that. >> Sometimes I just want to fire up bash and forget the rest of the >> interface exists! >> >> On 10/4/11, Marcia Yale <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I can definitely relate--Finder is one of the most confusing aps and I agree >>> it takes much longer to find files for me than it does on my Windows >>> machine. I find both Finder and ITunes confusing in the way they are laid >>> out and would welcome any tutorials on either one of these aps. I have >>> already read the Apple 101 tutorial for ITunes but found it sadly lacking as >>> it didn't have any information relating to VoiceOver. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] >>> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Eagle >>> Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 4:32 PM >>> To: macvisionaries >>> Subject: The continuing adventures of David eagle and his Apple Mac >>> computer. this time it's about Sendspace. >>> >>> Hi, here we go again. Every time I switch on my Mac I take a deep breath. I >>> think about all the amazing reviews I’ve read about these computers and >>> assume that perhaps, this time, I will finally have a really positive >>> experience. Today’s task was uploading something to sendspace. Things >>> started off so well. Sendspace.com loaded no problem; I found the select >>> file button no problem/ when I clicked on it, I got a window opening for me >>> to choose my file. I’m not saying this is the fault of the Mac; it’s >>> probably me and my stubbornness after years of using windows, but it took me >>> ages to find the file I wanted. Did I have to interact with the sidebar or >>> the thing that was called list. There was also a popup menu with a folder >>> selected. >>> Choices choices. After a few minutes of pressing buttons I found the file. >>> The process seemed to have some level of cohesion to it, but I’m not sure >>> what exactly it was. I’m sure it’s very clever and much simpler than the >>> windows way of doing things. In windows I could have found my file in three >>> seconds, rather than four minutes. >>> >>> Anyway, I accept that this is probably just something I need to learn and >>> practise. Fine. I found my file and went to upload. I pressed the upload >>> button and I got: “Safari busy. Busy. Busy. Busy”. After a half a minute I >>> eventually heard “safari, ready”. Hurrah, I can finally check to see if my >>> file is uploading. I pressed VO right arrow and heard to my dismay “Safari >>> busy. Busy. Busy”. I quit safari and tried again. But I got the same >>> problem. Yet again I shut down my Mac and booted up my windows machine. >>> Within two minutes my file was happily uploading to send space. While it >>> uploaded I checked my emails using another instance of Internet explorer. >>> The file has now finished uploading and I am going to email it to my >>> friends. Windows hasn’t said “busy” at me once. And what really gets me >>> about this is that the netbook cost £150 and I’m using the free screen >>> reader NVDA. >>> >>> How is it possible? I really want to know. I’ve got way more am than my >>> windows machine, and my Mac cost fifteen times more than my netbook. How >>> come I have to keep turning off my Mac and turning on my windows machine? >>> The mac looks great; it’s fast; it’s really quiet – very little fan noise. >>> But it can’t do things. It’s ten times faster than my windows computer, but >>> that only means it can do much more to annoy me in a far shorter period of >>> time than my windows computer. >>> >>> I want to join the Mac party. You all seem so elated by your Macs. Is there >>> a magic button to press that starts making it behave. I know I’m ranting >>> again but surely you can see my point. Is my experience so anomalous? I read >>> about all these people who say they bought a Mac and now never use windows. >>> But if I didn’t have a windows computer then I’d achieve nothing. >>> >>> I know this isn’t’ VO specific. I know it may even annoy some of you. >>> I know it’s not a particularly productive email. But if you do find this >>> email to be annoying and unproductive, think of it as a metaphor for my >>> general experience with the Mac. I feel as if I am the odd one out, and I am >>> waiting for the day that I am castigated from this list for being “too PC”. >>> O what irony. I hope you all enjoyed my hilarious ending joke. I’m so sorry >>> for ranting. I feel like an idiot. Please, treat me like one. Tell me how I >>> get the Mac to do the fundamental element of a computer. That is: to >>> compute! Because I am going to end up not bothering to turn this machine on, >>> which is such a shame because it should be a great computer? Apparently. >>> >>> I’m sure I’ll get there, and I promise, if I do, I’ll be singing the Mac’s >>> praises. >>> Thanks to everyone for being so patient and understanding. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.davideagle.co.uk > > -- > 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.
