[mac4theblind] Re: closing sub folders

  • From: David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 06:10:24 -0500

what can I do for you?

On Nov 30, 2013, at 0:11, Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx> wrote:

okay, David, I'm ready to start this all and blow my mind in this 'huge new 
beast. Man I'm senile
On Nov 29, 2013, at 5:49 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
wrote:

> Hi Sarah and all,
> Mavericks is a huge new beast.
> 
> you can practically rewrite it with a couple of powerful commands.  Let’s get 
> to your issue and then we’ll blow your mind.
> 
> Open system preferences, go to keyboard, focus on the shortcuts tab, go down 
> to “command-accent” and make sure it is checked.
> Now, in the finder preferences pane, make sure the tabs checkbox is unchecked 
> and you should be good to go.
> 
> Now, to blow your mind.
> 
> In help center under the menu bar, if you go down to the third command, it’s 
> what’s new in mavericks and it’s awesome.
> On Nov 29, 2013, at 18:28, Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> that is the issue, command accent does not work any longer.
> On Nov 29, 2013, at 1:58 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
> wrote:
> 
>> you can also use command-accent.
>> 
>> On Nov 29, 2013, at 0:48, Cheryl Homiak <cahomiak@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>> Actually you probably can have both Documents and Downloads open, or at 
>> least I can. For one thing, if you think a window has disappeared, try using 
>> the back button in your toolbar and you may find it; be sure to repeat using 
>> the back button until it dims to see everything there. Also experiment with 
>> cmd-t to open a new tab and go to Documents and then do cmd-t again and go 
>> to downloads. If your tab bar is showing, cmd-shift-tm you can then change 
>> tabs. I haven't figured out everything well enough to give a clear 
>> explanation of everything, but I think if you will experiment with new tabs, 
>> new windows, cmd-accenting, selecting from tab bar and using the back button 
>> you will find nothing is actually missing; it's just different and at least 
>> compared to what we were doing seems a little confusing.
>> -- 
>> Cheryl
>> 
>> May the words of my mouth
>> and the meditation of my heart
>> be acceptable to You, Lord,
>> my rock and my Redeemer.
>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 28, 2013, at 11:26 PM, Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 
>>> Before I answer that, I have also noticed that I can ply open one window 
>>> (for example, I cannot have downloads and documents open simultaneously) 
>>> and the command I issued was command w to close a window.
>>> On Nov 27, 2013, at 8:15 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> what command did you use?
>>>> I use column view and just move left and right without vo and it works 
>>>> fine.  Admittedly, you have to move a lot left or right some times, but 
>>>> it’s pretty quick.
>>>> 
>>>> On Nov 27, 2013, at 17:22, Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> that did it, used to use another command, thanks.
>>>> On Nov 27, 2013, at 2:18 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman 
>>>> <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> try command-uparrow.
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Nov 27, 2013, at 16:25, Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> hi, all. I have a strange issue that when I try to close a window, I'm 
>>>>> taken back to desk top. 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I opened my external hard drive on which are folders, one of which was 
>>>>> music. When I opened the music, listened to a song, tried to back out of 
>>>>> music, it didn't take me to the list of folders on the  external, I was 
>>>>> taken right back to desktop. I've gone to the finder and selected open in 
>>>>> windows instead of tabs, I've enabled the short cut keys all to no avail. 
>>>>> Thanks for any help.************
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