Hi, The Applications folder is where all the apps are normally stored by default. Your Home folder is where your personal data is normally stored. When in the Finder, cmd-shift-a takes you to your Applications folder and cmd-shift-h takes you to your Home folder. Applications should remain in the Applications folder and, as you've mentioned, an alias is what needs placed on your Desktop. Moving the actual Application out of the Applications folder may cause strange behaviours.
So, when in the Finder, • press cmd-shift-a to open your Applications folder. • Navigate to the app you wish to make an alias for. • Press cmd-l to make the alias. 4. Press cmd-c on that alias. 5. Navigate to your Desktop with VO-shift-d. 6. Press cmd-option-v to Move the alias to your Desktop. When on your Desktop, you can clean things up buy making sure that your Desktop is active then going up to the View menu and choosing Cleanup. You can also have the icons on your Desktop quickly be cleaned up and alphabetized by pressing cmd-option-1. HTH. Later... Tim Kilburn Fort McMurray, AB Canada On 2013-06-08, at 12:40 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Hello &thank you, > The tech told me to use my applications folder to find the given app I want > to create an ailius for. What is the difference in the applications folder & > the home folder? Please forgive my ignorance. Yes I have used the dock. > However, I changed my desktop background to allow for tthe contrast I need to > see where I am without turning on magnification. I am a vo user, yet have a > little vision. I want to maximize both assets. When one turns on the machine, > it lands on the desktop anyhow. Arrowing around to my most used apps would > save some keystrokes, yet allowing secondary apps to remain on my dock. > > Pam Francis > > On Jun 8, 2013, at 12:54 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi folks, I am at my wits end. I want to put some of my most used app on my > desktop vs the dock.I understand how to create an ailius. However, when I try > to put more than one on my desktop, voiceover says the second one has dropped > on the first one. I have been on the accessibility support line to try to > correct the issue. They too, are puzzled. Is there a setting I have to check > or uncheck to make this work properly? > Please help. Anything would be appreciated. > > Pam Francis > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
