Hi there, 2 observations to your method. Firstly after making an alias you can copy and move to desktop but then if you press command option v it will move the alias there so you don't have to go back and delete it. 2. YOu can add files and folders to dock by selecting them in finder and pressing command shift t. To remove from dock activate context menu with vo shift m and go to options hit right arrow and press return on remove from dock.
Hth, Ioana On Oct 5, 2011, at 12:23 PM, David Eagle wrote: > Well everyone, I am so glad that my rant has actually managed to prove > productive. So many great tips, thank you. > To make a short cut to a folder on your desktop: find the file and > press Command L to make an Alias. Then copy the Alias and paste it to > your desktop. YOu can then delete the Alias in the folder you copied > it from if you like. > I am a fan of the column browser which makes searching a lot easier. I > was a bit confused about Command Shift G when I first discovered it > because I thought you could type the first few letters of a folder > somewhere on your computer and it would find the folder. So for > instance to get my Podcasts folder in iTunes I could just press podc > and then enter and it would take me straight there without having to > go into Music, ITunes, ITunes Media, podcasts. Now I know it's for > file paths. > > I have used Saphari on a friends IPad and it worked brilliantly, but I > wasn't uploading anything to sends pace. Thank god for my dropbox > which makes sending files so much easier, when it's not full. > > > Thanks for all the tips and for being so sympathetic towards my ranting. > > > On 05/10/2011, Garth Humphreys <ghu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi David >> >> As another new user to the Mac I can certainly understand your frustration. >> The Safari busy busy thing is seriously annoying. Stronger words would, of >> course, be called for if we weren't in polite company :) >> >> As for Finder, at first I called it Loser as I couldn't use it to find a >> thing. Now however after about 3 weeks it seems completely fine and I can be >> just as efficient in it as on Win 7 / XP. I pretty much ignore the side bar. >> It can be useful however the key board shortcuts seem quicker to me. As >> someone else has said try using column view. Command+3 will get you into >> this view. When in this view you can navigate through folders in a standard >> tree structure. You need to make sure you have quick nab off. The up & down >> arrows will take through the folders at a given level and the left and right >> arrows can be used to collapse and expand folders. Combine this with some >> keyboard shortcuts and all is good, at least in my opinion. >> Command+shift+C will take you to the top computer level where you can see >> the various drives and network. >> Command+shift+H will take you to your home folder, i.e., inside the users >> folder. >> Command+shift+A will take you to your Applications folder. >> Command+Option+L will take you into your downloads folder. I'm not sure but >> maybe this is supposed to be the exception that proves the rule :) >> Command+shift+O will take you to your documents >> Command+shift+D will go to your desktop. >> >> There are of course others as well. >> >> anyway I hope this helps a bit. You certainly aren't alone with your >> frustrations. I am still glad I have windows at work where I need to get >> work done. >> So far I haven't found Safari on the Mac as good as it is on IOS, especially >> on the iPad where I think it is fantastic. Then again I got my iPad 1 on the >> day it was first released and I have only been using OSX for a few weeks. >> >> Good luck >> Garth >> >> On 05/10/2011, at 6:32 AM, David Eagle wrote: >> >>> Hi, here we go again. Every time I switch on my Mac I take a deep >>> breath. I think about all the amazing reviews I’ve read about these >>> computers and assume that perhaps, this time, I will finally have a >>> really positive experience. Today’s task was uploading something to >>> sendspace. Things started off so well. Sendspace.com loaded no >>> problem; I found the select file button no problem/ when I clicked on >>> it, I got a window opening for me to choose my file. I’m not saying >>> this is the fault of the Mac; it’s probably me and my stubbornness >>> after years of using windows, but it took me ages to find the file I >>> wanted. Did I have to interact with the sidebar or the thing that was >>> called list. There was also a popup menu with a folder selected. >>> Choices choices. After a few minutes of pressing buttons I found the >>> file. The process seemed to have some level of cohesion to it, but I’m >>> not sure what exactly it was. I’m sure it’s very clever and much >>> simpler than the windows way of doing things. In windows I could have >>> found my file in three seconds, rather than four minutes. >>> >>> Anyway, I accept that this is probably just something I need to learn >>> and practise. Fine. I found my file and went to upload. I pressed the >>> upload button and I got: “Safari busy. Busy. Busy. Busy”. After a half >>> a minute I eventually heard “safari, ready”. Hurrah, I can finally >>> check to see if my file is uploading. I pressed VO right arrow and >>> heard to my dismay “Safari busy. Busy. Busy”. I quit safari and tried >>> again. But I got the same problem. Yet again I shut down my Mac and >>> booted up my windows machine. Within two minutes my file was happily >>> uploading to send space. While it uploaded I checked my emails using >>> another instance of Internet explorer. The file has now finished >>> uploading and I am going to email it to my friends. Windows hasn’t >>> said “busy” at me once. And what really gets me about this is that the >>> netbook cost £150 and I’m using the free screen reader NVDA. >>> >>> How is it possible? I really want to know. I’ve got way more am than >>> my windows machine, and my Mac cost fifteen times more than my >>> netbook. How come I have to keep turning off my Mac and turning on my >>> windows machine? The mac looks great; it’s fast; it’s really quiet – >>> very little fan noise. But it can’t do things. It’s ten times faster >>> than my windows computer, but that only means it can do much more to >>> annoy me in a far shorter period of time than my windows computer. >>> >>> I want to join the Mac party. You all seem so elated by your Macs. Is >>> there a magic button to press that starts making it behave. I know I’m >>> ranting again but surely you can see my point. Is my experience so >>> anomalous? I read about all these people who say they bought a Mac and >>> now never use windows. But if I didn’t have a windows computer then >>> I’d achieve nothing. >>> >>> I know this isn’t’ VO specific. I know it may even annoy some of you. >>> I know it’s not a particularly productive email. But if you do find >>> this email to be annoying and unproductive, think of it as a metaphor >>> for my general experience with the Mac. I feel as if I am the odd one >>> out, and I am waiting for the day that I am castigated from this list >>> for being “too PC”. O what irony. I hope you all enjoyed my hilarious >>> ending joke. I’m so sorry for ranting. I feel like an idiot. Please, >>> treat me like one. Tell me how I get the Mac to do the fundamental >>> element of a computer. That is: to compute! Because I am going to end >>> up not bothering to turn this machine on, which is such a shame >>> because it should be a great computer? Apparently. >>> >>> I’m sure I’ll get there, and I promise, if I do, I’ll be singing the >>> Mac’s praises. >>> Thanks to everyone for being so patient and understanding. >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> http://www.davideagle.co.uk >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> -- >> 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. >> >> > > > -- > http://www.davideagle.co.uk > > -- > 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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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