Almost always use column view and if I point to a folder then whatever I'm moving or copying goes in that folder. I don't have to open it. I've never had any other results. Jim
> On May 18, 2015, at 12:09 PM, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > I've been using a Mac for some years now, and I consider myself to be quite > knowledgeable about OS X and VoiceOver. One thing I've never been able to > nail down, though, is this: why do files sometimes go where I tell them to in > OS X save dialogs, and sometimes end up in a subfolder inside the folder I > decide on? I always use List View, and normally, that works in the most > logical way: if you open a folder, things go in it. If you don't open it, > even if you're pointing to it, nothing goes in there. Sometimes, though, List > View will behave more like Column View, where pointing to a folder is enough > to make things go into that folder. If it were always one or the other I'd be > okay, but I can never know for sure if a file will go where I tell it or if > I'll need to start hunting through all the subfolders of that folder to find > where it went. Has anyone identified the reason this happens, and how to > always be sure files go where I want them? Again, this is in any OS X dialog > where you select a folder--save, export, save attachments, whatever it is. > Thanks. > > -- > Have a great day, > Alex Hall > mehg...@icloud.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.
