David learn how to read emails do you maybe think it is to say open and it was a typo error > -----Original Message----- > From: mac4theblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:mac4theblind- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Hilbert Poehlman > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2013 15:09 > To: mac4theblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [mac4theblind] Re: how to manually copy and paste to external > hard drives? > > i have no idea what this means. > On Oct 2, 2013, at 5:47 PM, Edward Redfern <edwardredfern@xxxxxxx> > wrote: > > If you're copying a folder from a window, select, copy, then upen the > drive you're migrating it to and paste it. this is so you can confirm > the folder's then in place. > > lew > > On 2 Oct 2013, at 22:44, john Harden <jharden01@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Remember that when you paste to a drive or folder do not open that > drive or folder. Nav to it and then press Command V to paste or > Command Option V to move the hilighted item. > > At 05:29 PM 10/2/2013, you wrote: > >> Hi all, subject line says it all. Of course I would like to do this > with Voiceover. > >> > >> Currently, when I try to do this, I copy . any file or folder but > when it comes to pasting it I get the lovely dong sound. Not what I > want. > >> > >> Work around > >> Copy to dropbox and use the rest on Windows. Wait for all > information to sync. Plug in external hard drive and copy whatever I > want to to the clipboard. Paste it into the desired location on the > external hard drive. Done. > >> > >> Obviously this would be cumbersome to backup this way so I want to > no and please no body mention Time Machine because that's not what I > want and remotely not interested in. A method, using Voiceover to > manually copy and paste files from Mac to external hard drive without > the crazy work around I have detailed above using windows. Yes sorry > folks I have mentioned the other beast it's because its the only way I > can move stuff manually so I... not the computer is in control. > >> > >> Sorry if I've offended anyone from talking about the other OS but I > hope you can understand and appreciate at times we just have to use > other operating systems to get a job or task done and this is my > comparison and the way I do it at present. However, if you stop and > think about it that's not necessarily a bad thing. One has then the > best of both worlds. :) > >> > >> Look forward to learning how its done ;) > >> > >> Thanks > >> > >> Daniel************ > >> > >> > >> You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > >> > >> > >> The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any > changes to their list subscription is: > >> > >> //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > >> > >> The list archive is located at > >> > >> //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > >> > >> All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > >> > >> john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > ************ > > > > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any > changes to their list subscription is: > > > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > > > The list archive is located at > > > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > -- > Jonnie Appleseed > With His > Hands-On Technolog(eye)s > touching the internet > Reducing Technology's disabilities > One Byte At a time > > ************ > > > You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. > > > The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any > changes to their list subscription is: > > //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind > > The list archive is located at > > //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ > > All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: > > john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ************ You are subscribed to the mac4theblind mailing list. The url for this list, where one can unsubscribe or make any changes to their list subscription is: //www.freelists.org/list/mac4theblind The list archive is located at //www.freelists.org/archive/mac4theblind/ All emails intended for the list owner can be sent to: john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx