[access-uk] Re: Transfering music to a MacBook
- From: Edward Green <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2013 19:19:34 +0100
Hi Carol,
No worries, glad to help.
Cheers,
Ed
On 26 Jun 2013, at 15:05, Carol Pearson <carol.pearson29@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Ed,
>
> I am hot on Andes Trail so need to give thanks to you also!
>
> I read and this message just after I have been putting files on two the Mac
> and had got stuck at the same point.
>
> Thanks for the pointer. My brain certainly needs a rest!
>
> Carol P
> Sent from my iPhone using BrailleTouch
>
> On 25 Jun 2013, at 04:50 AM, Edward Green <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Andy,
>>
>> Firstly, I'd recommend getting Finder to open folders in new windows at
>> least until you get used to it as it's easier to keep track of where you are.
>>
>> When in finder, press command comma to bring up the preferences dialogue and
>> make the change.
>>
>> Once you've done that and are still in Finder, press command 2 so that your
>> folders and file appear in a list view (it will still be a table that you
>> interact with).
>>
>> Find the folder you want to copy and put it on the clipboard.
>>
>> Find the folder you want to paste it in, I recommend pressing command o to
>> open the various folders rather than trying to expand them as you would in a
>> traditional tree view.
>>
>> Once you've opened the automatically add to iTunes folder by pressing
>> command o, press command v to paste the file.
>>
>> I hope that helps.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> On 24 Jun 2013, at 22:26, "ANDY COLLINS" <Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Ed -
>>>
>>> I've read the article from Apple on this, but still struggling.
>>>
>>> I've now put a large chunk of music on the Mac, and can see it in it's
>>> folder, within the iTunes music folder. I have been trying to cut and paste
>>> this music folder in to the 'automatically add to iTunes' folder, but no
>>> matter what I try, nothing appears in the library. As you know, everything
>>> is presented in a table that has to be interacted with. I can cut an album
>>> from the music folder, and find the 'automatically ad to iTunes' in the
>>> table of folders and files, but when I right arrow to expand the
>>> 'automatically add...' and then try and paste the album in there, it just
>>> adds it to the iTunes music folder, but not the 'automatically add to...'
>>> folder. so nothing get put in the library.
>>>
>>> Can you tell me how to drop a file in to a folder? as I'm sure the
>>> principle is the same be it music or documents. What do I need to do, once
>>> I have found the folder I want to paste the file in to? I've tried just
>>> pasting on top of the folder, as it were, and arrowing right to expand the
>>> tree, but still can't get the file where I want it.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any help -
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Edward Green
>>> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2013 7:49 PM
>>> Subject: [access-uk] Re: Transfering music to a MacBook
>>>
>>> Hi Andy,
>>>
>>> It should be fairly straight forward though is a bit different to Windows.
>>> Take a look at
>>> http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5761?viewlocale=en_US&locale=en_us
>>>
>>> You'll see from the article that you need your cursors set up in a certain
>>> way in the Voiceover utility.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps.
>>>
>>> Ed
>>> On 23 Jun 2013, at 19:14, "ANDY COLLINS" <Andy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi all -
>>>>
>>>> I'm now trying to do this.
>>>>
>>>> I have the music in a folder called music, in another folder called files
>>>> and folders, on an external drive. when I connect this drive to my Mac, it
>>>> shows up as a volume drive on the empty desktop. I can select the drive,
>>>> and go to the folder that contains the music folder where the music
>>>> resides. My difficulty is that everything on a Mac, seems to show up in
>>>> tables, that functions rather like a tree view, in that they can be
>>>> expanded, but when I try to either just select the music folder to copy
>>>> and paste on to the Mac, or expand the tree view from the music folder, so
>>>> it shows all the albums in there that I want to select, everything else in
>>>> the table gets selected too, which isn't what I want to happen.
>>>>
>>>> So, if I have a folder of music, contained in another folder on an
>>>> external, how do I just copy and paste that music folder on to my Mac.
>>>>
>>>> Hope that's clear. Thanks -
>>>>
>>>> Andy
>>>
>>>
>>
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