Hey Eugenia, Great post, as I have been using the mac for three years now, and at first had the same issues with finder that you had, as it takes some getting used to. Funny as I never have used column mode, and after reading your great explanation of it changed a finder window to it and loved it, so much quicker to navigate than list view. Thanks for the great post. On Jul 18, 2013, at 7:13 PM, Eugenia Firth <gigifi...@me.com> wrote:
> when I first got my Mac, Finder was probably the hardest thing for me. This > is because I was not used to the List View mode looks on the Mac compared to > Windows. I had never used Column mode in Windows, and now I love it. > > When I was using Windows, I pressed the enter key if I wanted to access a > folder. Doing that on the Mac will cause you to enter renaming mode for > renaming your files and folders. I love that now, but I kept wanting to press > that enter key to get into my folders. > > On the Mac, if you use list view mode, the folder name is at the top of your > list and you press down arrow below that for the file names. If you choose > column mode, which I now prefer, you don't encounter your file names unless > you press the right arrow key after you hear the file folder that the file is > in. Column mode for me makes it faster to get through things because I don't > need to hear all those file names until I want them. > > Then there's another thing that I had to get used to. If you want to paste a > file into a folder, you don't go into the folder. You get on top of it and > paste or move it into the folder. The commands for doing these functions are > easy, and you will recognize them if you ever had a Windows computer. Copy is > command c; paste is command v; move is a little different with option command > v. There is a command x for cut and paste but I find moving with option > command v to work more consistently. > > I hope this discussion helps. > > Oh, another command you might want to remember in case you something horrible > you didn't want to (like I did), is command z as in zap to undo something you > did. > > Regards, > Gigi > > On Jul 18, 2013, at 10:19 AM, Scott's MacBook Pro <blindfait...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> What problems are you having? Maybe we can help you to better understand the >> Finder if you explain to us what struggles you are having. >> >> Scott >> On Jul 18, 2013, at 9:35 AM, Kirsten hill <keesa.h...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello: >>> >>> Is there a resource available that I can use to understand the file >>> structure and navigating within finder using voice over? >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> 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/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> 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/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > 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/groups/opt_out. > > -- 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/groups/opt_out.
