![]() And if you’ve used pop-up folders much, you know that folders not in Column view rarely open in a consistent location, and that if your drag is interrupted for any reason, you must start over. ![]() In some ways, this approach is easier, but it still requires that the destination folder (or at least some folder or drive enclosing it) be visible in the Finder or in the Dock. You can then move your item over a folder inside that window to pop it open, and so on, until you get to the desired location. Of course, Mac OS does provide pop-up folders, so if you drag an item over the icon of your hard drive or a folder, a Finder window opens (after a short delay) to display that container’s contents. You then have to “clean up” by closing one or both windows. For most people, this means opening two Finder windows-one for the folder currently hosting the item, the other displaying the place to which you want to move the file-and then dragging the item between the two. Thanks to all your contributions to this discussion leading me towards a wonderful solution to my problem - unfortunately it probably helps no one but myself, but thanks anyway.One of the challenges of the Mac’s folder-metaphor interface for working with files has always been moving an item from one location to another when the original and target destinations are in different parts of your drive’s folder hierarchy. I have tried it on cell and multiple WiFi networks, and Paste is way faster! I do realize this is a limited sample size, but wow. To my surprise…the Paste app transfers images/PDFs and text nearly instantaneously. I am also a SetApp subscriber, so why not. To my pleasant surprise, because of this forum post I remembered that I did like the Paste shelf look. These were the apps that I had already paid for and I thought since they all synced just as slow, it was an iCloud issue. Unfortunately, Copied, Yoink, and even the native Files App synced too slowly to do this on the fly. ![]() This could give me a bit of space so that I don’t have to use slide over on the whiteboard ipad. What if I used a shelf app to “transfer” the images, PDFs, etc from my “notes” ipad to my “whiteboard” iPad? I thought, wow. So I am constantly swiping in and away the slide-over so that I have plenty of space to write and manipulate.Ī couple of weeks ago, when I was trying out some outliner software and couldn’t fit it well in the slide-over view, I had an idea: Unfortunately, even though I have the 12.9 inch ipad, there is not much room left over wether I use split view or slide-over to view my notes, etc. Ever since iPadOS and the multiple slide-over apps feature, I have been able to have my notes and resources (images, etc) in two separate slide-overs, and I click a DEVONthink link in my notes to bring me to a specific image that I can then drag-and-drop in. I have traditionally used slide-over on the “whiteboard” ipad to look at notes and resources, particularly since I can drag-and-drop images onto the whiteboard to present to students. I have a weird use case that may be an interesting point for this discussion - I use two iPads when I teach: one for a digital white board projected for students, and another for notes, resources, etc. I have already commented above, but let me add to the comments about Paste - bear with me here.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |