shift-click

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CMusaeus Author

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shift-click

Hi!

Shift-click is not working for me on Mojave. I want in Finder to select mulitple files:

Either by first choosing the first file and then the last file, choosing every file in between
Or, by moving like in excell, where I choose the first file and then move to the right with the arrows, and then choosing every file in each coloumn, as I move down the rows.

It seems this was a feature in earlier OS systems, but somehow stopped.

Any way of turning it on?

Thanks for the help!

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.14

Posted on Jun 6, 2019 12:04 PM

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dialabrain

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Jun 6, 2019 12:09 PM in response to CMusaeus

Shift-click works in every Finder view except icon view. You can still drag over a group of icons in icon view. Click just outside the first icon then drag through to the last.

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dialabrain

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Jun 6, 2019 12:43 PM in response to CMusaeus

You're welcome. You can't change views even from the Finder View menu?

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CMusaeus Author

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Jun 6, 2019 12:40 PM in response to dialabrain

Thanks that helped - though I do not seem to be able to go back to icon view, once I have chosen a different one. That's not really a real problem though. So Thanks so much!

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