Thanks. I actually got the selection issue fixed by hitting VO-command-enter for each file to add it to the total, after turning off cursor tracking that is.
I'll try your suggestion though for getting back to where I need to be. Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com On May 5, 2014, at 3:58 PM, Caitlyn and Maggie <caitlyn.furn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Try hitting command space to select the files you want. > Personally, after I copy all the files I want, I hit command option w and > close all the open windows and that lands me on my desk top in the finder. > then I find the drive I want to paste or move to. > > Sorry, I can't help about your programs opening problem. > > Good luck! > Caitlyn > > On May 5, 2014, at 2:16 PM, Jenine Stanley <dragonwalke...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I am having a bit of varying difficulty copying files and I wonder if >> someone can walk me through this in Mavericks. >> >> I have files in the Documents folder, which does not show up on my doc btw, >> and I want to copy them to an SD card. >> >> I have inserted the SD card >> and have gone to the file list in the documents folder. >> >> I turned off cursor tracking and moved to the next file I wanted to select >> and hit VO-space. This said the file was added to the selection but then >> opened it in Preview. It did this for every file I added to the selection. >> >> Then it began just kicking me out of the Documents folder and onto the >> desktop which showed the SD card. >> >> I finally selected all of my files and hit command-c to copy them to the >> clipboard. This apparently went fine but then it was time to go back to that >> desktop and get to the SD card. >> >> I never could figure out how to get back there. Hitting command-shift-d got >> me to Finder but didn't show the SD card by name. >> >> I have another annoying problem which I'm sure I accidentally caused but >> need to know how to fix. When I go into the list of files in the documents >> folder and want to go down to the Devices list to get to external drives, I >> have several programs listed before Devices and as I arrow down, each one >> opens. How do I get them off this list? >> >> I know I'm doing something really screwed up here as it can't be that >> difficult to copy files. :) >> >> Thanks to all.Jenine Stanley >> dragonwalke...@gmail.com >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
