[mac4theblind] Re: closing sub folders

  • From: Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx>
  • To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 20:48:00 -0800

well, at this point, what the hell I'll try anything, I've diner permissions a 
couple times, I'll give that a whirl and as of  frformatting, sure, I'llt ry 
anything once.
On Nov 30, 2013, at 8:40 PM, Sarah k Alawami <marrie12@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hmm. did you try a permissions repair and as a last resort nuking your mac 
> completely and start over, that is reformatting the drive and reinstalling 
> the os and restoring everything but settings?
> 
> Tc.
> On Nov 30, 2013, at 8:30 PM, Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> the instructions you provided about going into system preferences, keyboard, 
>> checking the box under shortcuts for command accent and also disabling open 
>> folders in tabs instead of windows.
>> On Nov 30, 2013, at 4:40 PM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> what didn’t work?
>>> 
>>> On Nov 30, 2013, at 16:59, Kerri <shalom75@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> 
>>> well, it didn't work, sorry to vex thee sore.
>>> On Nov 30, 2013, at 3:10 AM, David Hilbert Poehlman <poehlman1@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 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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