Hi Esther, Thanks, your perspective is refreshing. I got chewed out last summer by someone when I wanted to put an alias for mail on my desktop, and was admonished for not simply using the dock. I'm not a huge fan of having tons of stuff on my desktop, but I do like having a few things that I use often. It doesn't take tons of time to open the dock, but I figure it's an extra unnecessary step for apps I use all the time.
I can see where Spotlight could be really helpful I think I'll try and take some time this weekend to just play around with it, and hopefully that will help me to think of it more readily when I'm in a situation where it would be handy. It really is cool how many different ways there are to get around on a Mac. Take care, Donna On Oct 23, 2009, at 5:38 PM, Esther wrote: > > Hi Frank and Donna, > > You should do anything that makes using your computer easier for you. > The only reason for not cluttering up your Desktop is that if you have > a huge number of files on your Desktop you take a performance hit, but > that's only if you have many files that are scattered, individual > files -- the advice is to organize them at least into a few folders if > you want them on your Desktop. > > Donna, the Spotlight shortcut is useful when you might be trying to > find a file that could be in any one of a number of sub-folders under > Documents, for example, or it could be something you might have > downloaded and you don't remember whether you've copied or moved it to > another location. > > What I usually do is navigate in Finder, since I have a number of > files and folders on my Mac, so I might go to the dock, (VO-D), and > then navigate to Finder (and open up a window with Command-N if one is > not already open). You can customize the Finder sidebar to add > frequently used folders. The Documents folder is one that is already > in the Finder sidebar, but if you want to add any specific folder to > the sidebar, select it in the Finder window and use Command-T to add > it to the sidebar. (This is also available as the "Add to Sidebar" > menu option from Finder's "File" menu on the menu bar). > > There are lots of ways to navigate. > > HTH > > Cheers, > > Esther > > > Frank Ventura wrote: > >> >> Donna, I actually did that as early as 1986 on a Mac Plus with system >> 3.1. Old habits die hard. >> Frank >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin >> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 4:50 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: making TextEdit the default word processor >> >> >> Yeah, I'll probably do that too, eventually. I know long time mac >> users hate it when we windows converts do that, but it sure does make >> life easier. >> Donna >> On Oct 23, 2009, at 4:43 PM, Frank Ventura wrote: >> >>> >>> For the sake of making life easier I put an alias to my Documents >>> folder >>> on my destop. >>> Frank >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Donna Goodin >>> Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 3:15 PM >>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: Re: making TextEdit the default word processor >>> >>> >>> Hi Anne and Ester, >>> >>> Sorry if this is a dumb question, but how do I select the document >>> within Finder? My documents folder doesn't even show up there. the >>> only way I know to open a document is by accessing documents from >>> the >>> doc. >>> thanks, >>> Donna >>> On Oct 23, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Anne Robertson wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> Hello Donna, >>>> >>>> You simply have to select the document from the Finder to use the >>>> Getinfo command. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Anne >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 9.0.698 / Virus Database: 270.14.28/2454 - Release Date: >>> 10/23/09 10:09:00 >>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 9.0.698 / Virus Database: 270.14.28/2454 - Release Date: >> 10/23/09 10:09:00 >> >>> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
