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. 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