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Offline bellbram

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« on: December 14, 2006, 01:47:18 AM »
Time was when doing a 'Save As' in any app the Save window would open and the 'Where' drop-down menu gave a navigable list of all my folders so I could save to the appropriate folder with just one click.

A few days ago after trying to sort out a minor glitch, I must have done something stupid, because now the 'Where' drop-down menu gives only a few basic options (including Desktop') so I have to first save to Desktop then drag & drop the file into its appropriate folder.   All quite easy but time-consuming and a bore.

Any suggestions as to how I can get my all-singing all-dancing 'Where' drop-down menu back?

PS.  Have been ultra-busy of late and not visited TeeEss for ages.  Nice to be back and 'hello' all again, just in time to wish everyone a Happy Christmas!   biggrin.gif
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« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2006, 02:31:23 AM »
It's counterintuitive but the triangle in the blue square that aims downward in the Save box is what you need to click to get the extra options. I know, it doesn't make sense. It's apparently what you 'want' to do...

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« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2006, 02:34:51 AM »
Glad I'm not the only one who took some time to solve that problem after the move from OS9! Caroline is more of a "let's push buttons and see what happens" person than me - I'm too worried something is going to be irreparably broken...  oops.gif
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« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2006, 03:01:15 AM »
Thanks Kris.   It's just too complicated for me!  After all, I'm just a youngster!

And thank you Neil.  It's comforting to know I'm not the only one.  But at least you solved the problem without having to resort to TeeEss.  Enjoy your haggis when the tme comes.
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« Reply #4 on: December 14, 2006, 08:05:06 AM »
Does a little box with a description of the function of icons/buttons pop up for you in OSX? If not, that's an idea Steve should steal from Bill.
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« Reply #5 on: December 14, 2006, 11:31:35 AM »
I've never seen one Gregg.  But that's not to say it isn't somewhere there
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« Reply #6 on: December 14, 2006, 02:29:09 PM »
Gregg, if you're talking about "tool tips", I usually find out how to turn those off as fast as possible. They soon end up getting in the way and once you know what the button/icon does, why hide it ( or others ) behind the text box? wallbash.gif Secondly, they either stay one too long or not long enough! Mainly a pain in the neck, IMHO. That's the great thing about Apple's OSs, they usually don't let you do anything bad to a file/disk/app without giving you a chance to back out of the action, gracefully. Frankly, I wish more people would use the 'press the button and see what happens' philosophy, there's a lot of hidden power in almost ant app that never gets used/seen by the average user. Of course, many are simply scared by some OSs that fry you computer and then send an email alerting you to the fact! harhar.gif
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« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2006, 08:42:40 PM »
This is quite a coincidence, Peter.

I've been laboring with that same mystery since OS X came upon the scene, a "Save" (and stash) dialogue box that was much too attenuated over the "classic" one we all learned with in our first Mac(s). Somehow, I saw one, somewhere, recently, that was in the form of a "List View"– such as when one clicks on "Open" in a given application's menu. That was what I was looking for.

So, naturally, I went to kneel at the feet of Sir Pendragon, hoping he could provide me we guidance as to how to get out of the very fix you're reporting here . . . I think.

Somehow, while we were talking about preferences and such, I did something that – boom! – brought up the precise model of dialogue box I had been hoping to find. It's in there, by golly, and it's neat when you find it . .  . after all this is a Mac.

I'm more than a little embarrassed to admit that I've been slogging along with the "wrong" display. As well as not being able to tell you I don't know how the transformation occurred.  I'll be really interested to see if anyone can point out the solution.  I haven't a clue   blush-anim-cl.gif

The principal reason I was looking for help on this matter is the fact that I've also decided – with the pending arrival of my new iMac – to discard a Documents partition, a really old "convention" that I thought I didn't wish to eliminate, since it was so hard to take a Saved document and, as you said, do anything with the "skinny" dialogue box but aim it "toward" the Desktop.

The List View version makes it really easy to put it in subfolder in the Documents Folder. Thank Goodness.
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« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2006, 09:16:22 PM »
Jim, if "tool tips" is what Apple calls it, then, yeah. I've never used OSX for more than 2 minutes at a whack, in the Apple Store. I imagine they could be quite useful for someone with a fading memory. I've been adapting to a new OS and new version of AutoCad at work. I like the little hints to decipher icons that are smaller, and more vague than those I'm used to. And believe me, AutoCad uses a bunch of 'em!
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« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2006, 09:56:17 PM »
As for the size/design of the Save/Open/etc. dialog, I'm not sure there is a pref for which one to use. I do, occasionally, see the small one that is frustrating you guys, but only rarely. Since I use DefaultFolderX, it's sometimes difficult to remember what is standard OS X behavior and what is the enhanced version. One way or another, my dialogs always open in the size/design that I last used them.

Another nice feature of DefaultFolderX, is that if you are doing a lot of saving to a specific folder, there is a shortcut to the 'aiming'. Simply open a finder window with that folder showing. Now, even if the Finder window is completely hidden behind application/document windows, even with the Desktop completely covered, simply mousing over where that window is will cause its folder to be inserted into the destination in the Save dialog. Of course, you can always add a 'favorite' folder for a particular app in DefaultFolderX and it will always expect the documents for that app to be saved there, automatically.

Of course, I'm sure you guys remember that just using command-d will cause the 'where' to change to the Desktop. But you can also add a specific folder to the Sidebar of a Finder window. Now, when you see the Save( As... ) sheet, that same Sidebar will be there also and you can click that to designate the 'where'.

I often point to the default display of the Save sheets in my evangelism of using Column View for Finder windows. List view is a second choice, but if you keep all views the same ( Finder/Save/Open ) it's much easier to maintain your bearings as you travel around the hard drive. IMHO, anyway. Still not sure what Icon view is for. wallbash.gif
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« Reply #11 on: December 15, 2006, 12:32:31 AM »
There you go again, Kelly. Hitting the bulleye . . . for the rest of us. I didn't even have the proper vocabulary to describe what I thought was wrong. . . . was sure was wrong,

Many thanks (as usual)!

Since I began using Mariner Write, for example, I've been so puzzled why I was stuck with the "skinny" Save/Open diaglog box(es).

I've never been keen on fooling around in Terminal, but this hint is absolutely the answer to my  . .  angst!

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As for the size/design of the Save/Open/etc. dialog, I'm not sure there is a pref . . .
Neither Harv, nor RNKiii, nor I could find it. I don't think there's one either. I think they were kindof surprised when I said I was having trouble finding it
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