Hi Jonathan
Yes thanks that really does help.
Lisette
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From: "Jonathan C. Cohn" <jonc...@cox.net>
To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2012 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: Understanding Finder
THe Side bar is a set of shortcuts. Generallly your most common folders and
several automatic icons appear there.
It is an attempt by Apple to reduce the complexity of a modern computers
disk directory. So if you select the Music icon in the sidebar then only the
folders contained in the Music folder of your home directory will be visible
in the Main viewing pane of the finder window.
THere are 4 basic views for the primary window:
1 Icon view (accessed by command-1)
2: List view (accessed by command-2)
3: Browser Mode (Accessed by Command-3)
4: Cover Flow Mode (Accessed by command-4)
Most blind users prefer either List mode or browser mode. Icom mode will
generally have icons arranged in fairly random order around the window where
they can be draged as a person prefers.
Cover flow is supposed to be like looking at a stack of Albums one or two at
a time.. You get a scrolling set of pictures of all the documents in a
folder)
THe list mode is fairly to details view on a Windows computer though I
don't remember if Windows allows one to open a folder in place in a tree
view style mode.
Browser mode takes a bit more to understand, but I prefer it 90% of the
time. With browser mode the left and right arrows traverse into and out of
folders and up and down gives you a sorted list. One issue with browser
mode is it is difficult to get filesize or dates.
Hope this helps you along the way.
Jonathan
Jonathan C. Cohn
jon.c.c...@gmail.com
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http://www.linkedin.com/in/JCCohn
On May 29, 2012, at 7:45 PM, Lisette wesseling wrote:
Hi Folks
I'm having real trouble understanding how to use the finder. What is the
difference between the side bar table and the list view table? Mine both
seem to show the same thing.
Does finder show all your files in some kind of random order? I'm used to
Windows XP with everything being in separate folders. I know this is no
longer the Windows way either, but any hints on using finder most
effectively would be appreciated, especially about how the two tables are
different, and why they are even both there. I think it's a conceptual
thing.
Thanks
Lisette
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