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I have late 2009 iMAC 21.5" with MacOS 10.12.6 with Windows for Mac. When Finder opens Documents, Windows takes control and displays only Windows docs. How do I over ride this default and display ALL my documents?
OBS,iMac (21.5-inch Late 2009), iOS 10.3.3, Actually 10.12.6 but not on list
No error messages. It is just annoying when I got to Finder : Documents and all i get is MS Docs. I then have to search for a doc (any other doc) and I am then taken to the route/fole/whatever where all docs are stored
I will try to insert a jpeg of the Office:mac cover...
What you are looking at is called the Finder, it finds every file on your Mac, it is an app, you will find it on your Dock, usually at the extreme left of the Dock. It is not necessary to open another app to use it.
The icon on the left is Finder
Here is a screen shot of Documents, entered thru Pages, it shows ALL files, those that are not Pages are grey and cannot be opened. Pages files are bold black.
The bit I do not get is why does Finder take me to a document folder that is in 'Recent' but is not THE Document folder!!
The Document window in the centre top with up/down arrows, allows me to navigate to folders within Documents. The place Finder takes me to does not have this window and only contains the MS Office stuff. See screenshot from earlier.
ChalkieJbay wrote:
No idea how to post a screenshot. Born BC :-)
Press Command-Shift-3 to take a shot of the entire screen;
press command-Shift-4 to take a shot of an area of the screen: the cursor changes shape; drag to select the area you want.
In both cases, by default the screenshot is saved to a png file on your desktop folder.
To insert an image (screenshot or other) in your post, just click the camera-shaped icon above the text area and select the file you want.
Windows for Mac is software I purchased that lets Windows work on Mac (I needed it for work purposes and was supplied by the company for all) but does not use a partition in the HDD as far as I know. Unfortunately it kinda takes over and annoys me.
ChalkieJbay wrote:
Windows for Mac is software I purchased that lets Windows work on Mac (I needed it for work purposes and was supplied by the company for all) but does not use a partition in the HDD as far as I know. Unfortunately it kinda takes over and annoys me.
So, it is a virtual machine (a Mac program that can emulate Windows but is not Windows) follow Eric's advice.
This proplem has only surfaced since installing Sierra. I have downloaded High Sierra but am scared to install it as after the last update Quicken stopped working, I had to buy Quicken 2017 and it only imported some data. I lost a lot of my financial records.
I have no idea what you are doing, I can not find any information about an app or program called Windows for Mac so can not advise you on how to use it.
Are there any error messages occurring when you try to open something, and it would help if you mention what the something is.
That is not a Windows program, Office 2011 is a Mac program, so your question now makes even less sense than it did before.
Lets have some basics, which Mac is this? how old is it? which version of OSX or MacOS is in use?
I already know that it is a Mac program thank you.
What I want to know is what happens when you try to open other Mac programs (because Windows is not on your machine it plays no part in whatever your problem is)
I have late 2009 iMAC 21.5" with MacOS Sierra 10.12.6 with Office:mac 2011. When I click on Finder then Documents (as in screenshot above) all I get is Windows docs and not the normal list of all my saved documents. How do I over ride this default and display ALL my documents?
Well I am sorry if you feel I am dumb, or if you are having a bad day. I do apologise for intruding.
I am even more confused now as I have many documents with .doc and .docx or .xls or .xlsx all of which I assumed were Windows documents, but aparrently are not.
Thank you for your help I stumbled across the problem whilst searching for file extensions. There are 2 folders named Documents. I will delete the one.
In the center 'raised' section Documents at the top, then lower down 'Recent Places' and then there are 2 documents folders. I deleted all items in the folder but am unable to delete the folder and Finder always takes me to the now empty folder.
Going to Documents thru Pages lets me see all documents. Thx.
You should not be able to delete from the Recent Places list, it only contains a list of places you have recently been to. You have one (only) Documents folder, it is in the sidebar to the left, it is the only documents folder and apart from Microsoft User Data (Office files) and some recipes is empty. Microsoft User Data only shows files created by Office.
Going to Documents via Pages only shows Pages files, not all files.
I never use Microsoft products so do not know if or why they would make a separate Documents folder when they already have a Microsoft User Data folder, just another reason to not use Microsoft products it seems to me. You will have to ask Microsoft why it is there and what it is for.
If you never use Microsoft products on your Mac it will be a good thing.
Windows taking over MAC
