Hi, Or, you can select the item, press command shift H and then paste on your desktop folder.
hth Ricardo Walker [email protected] Twitter:@apple2thecore www.appletothecore.info On Sep 16, 2013, at 7:45 PM, Teresa Cochran <[email protected]> wrote: > You might try command-option-control space. This toggles the selection of an > item with vO. You may have to press it more than once to toggle the selection > off. Then you can try verifying the selected item with VO-f6. Don't move the > arrow keys until you want to select something. > > hth, > Teresa > On Sep 16, 2013, at 3:57 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I know there is a way to do this, but I'm drawing a blank. When on the >> desktop, how can I unselect the currently selected item without selecting a >> new one. For example, I have an alias that I want to move from the folder >> where I creadet it to the desktop, but I don't want to paste it on top of an >> existing item, but rather, on to a blank space on my desktop. >> >> Mary >> >> Mary Otten >> [email protected] >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> 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. > 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. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
