Donna,I have been reading this thread and David has given you some good advice, as he always does, but, these things are just not worth fighting about. If for some reason you try it your way and find that David's way is better than make the change. I have had to change my thinking over the last 4 years of being a MAC user, but, I have had to be convinced in my own mind, so, the bottom line is, you will find the most profitable way to do things as you and your MAC become a working teem.
Forinstants, I for the longest time kept lots of things on my desktop and my wife would come in to the office and say, "your desk top is a mess" and she was correct, so, I started putting related things in folders on my desktop and life really is better.
Now some one would say, you really should keep your folders in the sidebar, so, I have added my folders to the sidebar, thats what works best for me..
Learn as much as you can about the finder, because, the finder is, where you well, find things. Learn good work habbits as much as you can as you learn the MAC. No matter what we do, building a good foundation is important.
Keith Reedy On Jul 21, 2009, at 10:02 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:
Hi Keith,I agree 100%. That's pretty much what I wrote to David in my last message to him, which I sent off-list. But I like learning about other people's positions on this stuff, especially being so new to the game. There are a lot of experienced users on the list, and if there's a compelling reason to do something differently, I want to know and understand it. (Yeah, I was one of those annoying kids who always had to know why, and never accepted "because I said so" as a valid answer.) *grin* And I do think it's very cool that the Mac allows for so much flexibility to do things the way that is most comfortable for the individual user. But I do have to say, I thinklettuce on a cheeseburger is a complete waste of space! *big grin* Cheers, Donna-----Original Message----- From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover- bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Reedy Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 9:50 AM To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: dock and desktop Donna,I think you and David are going to in the end, agree to disagree. Thefact is, the MAC is created in such a way that you can do it the wayyou want. I am sure that some would not agree with the way I compute,but, I really don't care, I love my MAC and one of the reasons I love my MAC is because I can have it the way I want it. I also like Lettiss on my cheese berger, grin smile. I guess there is a lot to be said about helping folks to learn good work habbits, but, work habbits are very much a personal thing. Keith Reedy On Jul 21, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Donna Goodin wrote:Sorry, David, I know I'm a newbie, but I absolutely do not understand your position here. I still think that having a few things on your desktop savesa step or two, at least unless you leave your apps folder open as wassuggested last night. I think I'm with Cheryl on this one. *smile* Best, Donna-----Original Message----- From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover- bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Poehlman Sent: Tuesday, July 21, 2009 8:57 AM To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: dock and desktop the end result is not the same, the key is organization, everything has a place and if you become familiar with everything is and avoid doing unnecessary things, you and your mac get along a lot better. On Jun 21, 2009, at 8:47 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: But why does that matter? the end result is the same, you have an aread to keep commonly used items. Donna On Jul 21, 2009, at 7:50 AM, David Poehlman wrote:but it is not a desktop, it's a finder window. get used to that anda world of wonder will open for you. On Jul 21, 2009, at 7:49 AM, Donna Goodin wrote: Yeah, I agree. Maybe it's just hold-over Windows behavior, but it just makes sense to me to have the things you use all the time on your desktop, be they apps, current projects, or whatever. Best, Donna -----Original Message----- From: Cheryl Homiak <chomiak@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 11:39 PM To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: dock and desktop Well, personally, there's more on my desktop that I want to access often so the desktop is what I leave open. 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