Hi Anna, Command-Shift-C is one of a class of Finder shortcuts for navigating to frequently used directories. Take a look at Tim Kilburn's VoiceOver shortcuts page for a summary:
http://homepage.mac.com/kilburns/voiceover/shortcuts.html I'll excerpt from his listing of "SHORTCUTS IN SAVE & OPEN DIALOGS": • cmd-shift-a - applications: Brings focus to the applications folder. • cmd-shift-h - Home: Brings focus to the user's Home directory. • cmd-shift-d - Desktop: Brings focus to the desktop. • cmd-shift-u - Utilities folder: Brings focus to the Utilities folder. • cmd-shift-i - idisk: Brings focus to the user's iDisk. • cmd-shift-c - Computer: Brings focus to the users computer so that attached drives and removable media can be easily accessed. • cmd-shift-g - Go to folder: this is especially useful for accessing areas that are normally invisible to the GUI. Command-Shift-C will also show you other volumes connected and mounted on your computer, such as external hard drives, memory keys, some other MP3 players (that use USB mass storage conventions -- such as the Creative Muvo players), your iPod or Shuffle if you have disk mode activated. New applications that are downloaded as files with .dmg extensions have privileges like disks in the system (they are treated like "disk images" for the installation process), which is why Søren's description of viewing them with Command-Shift-C and ejecting them with Command-E after the installation is finished is apt. You don't need to keep disk image files once you've installed an application (unless you think this version is going to disappear -- like keeping a copy of a "Free" application in beta so you can install this on other machines). If the installation is successful, and you have a copy of the installed task in your applications folder then you can send the .dmg file to the trash after you've ejected it. Applications that require installers (generally, these are ones that need to exercise some control of other applications) will come with uninstallers. The actual applications are actually "bundles". If you like, you can select one of the apps in the Applications folder in Finder and use the contextual menu (VO-Shift-M) to choose the "Show Package Contents" menu option, then navigate through the contents. HTH Cheers, Esther On Aug 17, 2009, Woody Anna Dresner wrote: > > Hi Soren, > > Thanks for the info about the Command-Shift-C command. that will be > very handy. > > Am I right that if a program has an installer, it also includes an > uninstaller that you need to use to uninstall it? Is there anyplace on > the computer that you go to look for uninstallers, or do you need to > keep the program's disk image so you can find it there? > > Thanks, > Anna > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
