That's the odd thing, though. I've used that method before, to confirm that my file is going where I want, but it still ends up in a subfolder. > On May 19, 2015, at 1:21 AM, Anne Robertson <a...@anarchie.org.uk> wrote: > > Hello Alex, > > I’m not having your problem, but I can tell you how to check quickly that the > correct folder is selected. > > After selecting your folder, stop interacting and navigate left past the side > bar and the search field and check what is selected in the pop up menu. It > should be the folder you’ve chosen. > > Cheers, > > Anne > > >> On 18 May 2015, at 19:09, Alex Hall <mehg...@icloud.com >> <mailto: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 <mailto: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 >> <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries >> <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <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 > <mailto:macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries > <http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>.
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