Renaming a file in LION

How do you rename a file in Lion?

( switched from Windows to Lion in Air today)

Really missing the right click button, lol

Press enter on a selected file or click it once, wait a second and click again.

You can "right click" in a number of ways:
1. Control+Click.
2. Any mouse with a right button will work.
3. If you're using a trackpad, tap it with two fingers (you may have to turn this on in System Preferences > Trackpad).

well, you can right click, click on get info and change it there. You can hit cmd +i and do the same thing. Or you can just click on the NAME (not the icon) and it'll highlight

CanuckBoater said:

How do you rename a file in Lion?

( switched from Windows to Lion in Air today)

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Click the icon once, then click the file name (under the icon).

Really missing the right click button, lol

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Then you're in luck... you have one! Just turn on two-finger tapping for right-click in your Trackpad preferences.

This becomes very natural, very quickly.

THANKS.

Quick answers.

Will try the above asap.

Also, this book should come boxed with every new Mac:

Amazon.com: Mac OS X Lion: The Missing Manual (9781449397494): David Pogue: Books

Easy to read, very comprehensive and you'll feel like an expert when you're through. Highly recommended.

There's another way too, arguably the simplest, once the file is highlighted just press enter, then type the new name

mrplow said:

There's another way too, arguably the simplest, once the file is highlighted just press enter, then type the new name

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vansmith said:

Press enter on a selected file or click it once, wait a second and click again.

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Beat you to it.