Eos9 Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Excuse what is probably a basic question for most but I am struggling to find the Mac equivalent on my keyboard to do the following - When I open a folder containing many items I'd like to delete (ie photos) I am at present having to delete selected ones one at a time. If I have a folder containing for example 100 photos and wish to delete for example numbers 40-60 only which is the quickest way to do it ? I know you can highlight the first ie No 40 and using the keyboard No 60 and it will select all those in between so you can delete them as a group. I know its possible but I guess I'm still thinking in Windows mode and cannot seem to find the Mac keys to do it. Any help therefore much appreciated. Eos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satirism Is Not Dead Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Excuse what is probably a basic question for most but I am struggling to find the Mac equivalent on my keyboard to do the following - When I open a folder containing many items I'd like to delete (ie photos) I am at present having to delete selected ones one at a time. If I have a folder containing for example 100 photos and wish to delete for example numbers 40-60 only which is the quickest way to do it ? I know you can highlight the first ie No 40 and using the keyboard No 60 and it will select all those in between so you can delete them as a group. I know its possible but I guess I'm still thinking in Windows mode and cannot seem to find the Mac keys to do it. Any help therefore much appreciated. Eos hold the alt or windows button to keep highlight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eos9 Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 Hi - I have tried this but I'm afraid it doesn't appear to work ! What I was attempting to do was if for example i had 100 jpg photos numbered 1-100 and wanted to delete ie all those from 20-80 which was the the easiest way to select and delete them. If I hold down the 'cmd' key it allows me to highlight them one at a time ( rather slow way of doing it ) or by using the 'up arrow key' it will select all those between the two selected which was what I was trying to do. However what I found was this would only work if using the list view and not in icon view as I was trying. Although I view in Icon view I now find that I can switch to list view to highlight all those I want to delete and select them, they will remain selected if I switch back once again to Icon view. This is the easiest method I have found to date but it appears odd that you cannot use the 'up arrow' key to select them in Icon view in the first instance. hold the alt or windows button to keep highlight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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