It shows up at the bottom of your Finder windows.
What it does is show exactly where a selected file is in your computer's folder hierarchy.
You can drag files or folders into other folders shown in the path bar, so this is a good way to move files up to a higher level. You can also open any folder by double-clicking it in the path bar.
When I teach a class I like to remove any extraneous stuff off my desktop. It's distracting and some of it is personal. If I am in a big hurry I don't always put things where they are supposed to go. In this example "Texas Tea Review" is supposed to be in a folder labeled Product Reviews. Obviously it was not there and when I looked for it, I couldn't find it.
I used Spotlight to find it. When I clicked on the folder in Spotlight I got the Path Bar in the example above. I clicked once on the Texas Tea Review folder in the Path Bar and dragged it to the Desktop folder.
Now it was on my desktop where I needed it to work on it, and when I finished I saved it to the Product Reviews folder where it belonged.
It's a good tool and can help you stay organized, particularly if you have a lot of files on your Mac.
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( 0 / 0 )There are times when you would like to make portions of your desktop larger. It is easy to do. You just have to do a little preliminary step to put it in place.
Select the Apple Menu > System Preferences > Mouse.
Put a check mark in the box next to "Zoom using scroll wheel while holding"
Choose what key you want to use to make that happen. There are 3 options - the Control key, the Option key, or the Command key. (The Control key is the easiest to use because it is on the outside.)
Then click the Options button and you get this window.
You should put a check in the box next to the Smooth images option, but at the top of this window are three options concerning what happens when you move your mouse when you have the screen image enlarged. Pick which ever one you want, but just be aware that those options are there. I know folks who have been completely frustrated because they did not address this box and were not getting the action they wanted.
Now you are all set. If you choose the Control key to activate Zoom then you just hold down the Control key and roll the scroll bar up or down to enlarge or reduce (back to normal) the size of your desktop.
It affects everything on your screen, the dock, the menu bar, folders -- everything.
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( 1 / 1 )A couple of notes.
I posted a new column to The Mac Observer that explains how to register for iChat and then use it for remote desktop help. You can read it here:
http://www.macobserver.com/tmo/article/ ... _your_mac/
There is a video of an interview that I had with Chuck Joiner at Macworld. Should you care to see it you can do so here:
http://macvoices.tv/macvoicestv-1043-ma ... -macworld/
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( 3.1 / 16 )If you have time to investigate some new software here is a recommendation. I saw it demonstrated at Macworld and have since purchased and tried it. It is easy to use and, at least from my perspective, a great asset.
It is BusyCal from BusyMac. It works with iCal but offers more options. For instance the weather report for your area for the next 7 days is included in the form of weather icons. You can get information about or edit events in a box just by clicking on the name of the event. Even better, for beginners, there are very good movie tutorials included in the download that show you just what to do. Oh, and if you are on a network, you can share calendars between users. It requires OS 10.5 or 10.6 and costs $49 for a single user license or $79 for a family license. Check it out at http://www.busymac.com/.
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( 2.8 / 26 )Some final thoughts from Macworld as I prepare to fly home to Texas. Actually I hope I get to fly home, considering all the problems folks in the east have had. It is so easy to become isolated from the real world when at a convention, but I know flights have been cancelled and delayed so we shall see.
Final thoughts on San Francisco. San Franciscans love to eat good food and they sure know how to cook it. I only argue with one thing, strictly from the point of view of a Texan you understand, they don't quite understand the fine art of creating barbecue sauce.
There are so many product ideas in my head that it will take awhile to sort them out and review them, but a couple come to the top. Scosche has two new products designed for the traveler or anyone else who has to carry their computer from place to place.
The first is the flipSYNC - USB 2.0 charge and sync cable for iPod and iPhone. It attaches to your keychain and flips open for use. It’s priced at $19.95.
The second is the Docking travel charger with nightlight for iPod and iPhone. It is priced at $24.99.
The Scosche web site is http://scosche.com/
The second product of interest is iPhone apps that allow you to send photo postcards. These appear quite sophisticated and easy to do. I visited with two developers and at this point, of course, have not tried either product, but if you want to check them out the two are:
Postage from RogueSheep
and Postcard Express from frogdesign
The third is also an iPhone app. This one is called Reto Recorder. It allows you to record conversations and events using your iPhone. According to the representative at Macworld this product provides better quality recording than the recorder that is included with the iPhone package. I don't know, but at $1.99 I think I will try it out. The app is called ALX and the web site is http://retrorecorder.com
I'm off to the airport with positive thoughts.
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